Administration Budget Proposal for Juvenile Justice Programs
In the Administration’s FY 2021, the Department of Justice requested $227.5 million in discretionary funding for the Juvenile Justice Programs, a decrease of $92.5 million below the FY 2020 Enacted level. Despite the recent reauthorization
Administration Budget Sets Up Cuts And Debates for 2020
The Administration released its FY 2021 budget on Monday, February 10, 2020. This year’s budget, A Budget for America’s Future, proposes a number of human service cuts and human service funding increases but overall includes
Administration Proposes Changes to Family First Act
The Administration’s budget proposes a clarification under the Family First Act, the relationship between al Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP), and the definition of Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) under the Medicaid program.
Additionally, the Administration
CAPTA and Adoption Programs Not Targeted For Reductions
The Administration proposes the same level of funding for the two CAPTA-related grants for FY 2021 with an increase in one of the grants. State Grants would be funded at $90 million, Community-Based Child Abuse
Administration Proposes Billions in Medicaid Cuts
Building on their Thursday, January 30, 2020, their Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity waiver proposal, the Administration proposes cuts to Medicaid of $920 billion over the next ten years. The reductions are the result of
Administration Proposes Elimination of SSBG and Cuts to TANF
The President’s budget again proposes the elimination of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), eliminating the $1.7 billion entitlement fund to states. They recommend keeping in place the SSBG law to allow the use of
Administration Proposes to End the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
With the $5.6 billion cuts to the Department of Education, the Administration’s proposal for the fiscal year 2021 included eliminating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. In 2007, the Bush Administration created the PSLF
Child Poverty in Puerto Rico
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, the Youth Development Institute of Puerto Rico (Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud, IDJ), held a briefing entitled A Future of Child Poverty in Puerto Rico: How Much it Costs
Administration To Release FY 2021 Budget Today
The President is scheduled to release his proposed budget for FY 2021 on Monday, February 10, 2020. The release of the proposed budget by the Trump Administration will be just one week behind the official
“Did You See Him?”: Poverty in America
Series of Hearings on Administration Actions that Threaten the Welfare of Children
On February 5 and 6, 2020, four subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held four hearings to
A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability
On Wednesday, February 5, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing titled “A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability.” The hearing focused on how
A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to SNAP
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing entitled A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Solving America’s Child Care Crisis
On Thursday, February 6, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary hearing, “Solving America’s Child Care Crisis: Supporting Parents, Children, and the Economy” sought understanding from a panel of experts regarding how the federal
America’s Rental Housing Crisis
A new report, America’s Rental Housing 2020, from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that despite a strong economy, the typical renter households are paying more than 30 percent of their income
Administration Moves on Optional Medicaid Block Grant
On Thursday, January 30, the Trump Administration followed up on last week’s reports with their Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity proposal. The announcement came through CMS Administrator Seem Verma with careful avoidance of using the
MACPAC report on IMDs
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) produced a report to Congress on the oversight of Institutions of Mental Diseases (IMDs). “MACPAC serves as a non-partisan legislative branch agency and independent source of
Over 1.5 Million School Children Reported Homeless
On Wednesday, January 29, the National Center for Homeless Education, which is funded by the Department of Education, released the federal education data showing the highest number ever of 1.5 million public school children
ACA Path to Full Coverage Outlined
Last week, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a key Obama Administration advisor on health care reform, described how several states, using the ACA, have achieved near-universal coverage. At the same time, the Trump Administration moved forward on
Maternal and Infant Health Crisis in America
On Tuesday, January 28, two subcommittees of the House Committee on Education and Labor, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and the Subcommittee on Pensions and Workforce Protections conducted a hearing entitled Expecting More: Addressing
NIH Study Finds Prenatal Smoking and Drinking Increase Risk for SIDS
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Prevention found that in 2017 there were 1,400 deaths sue to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the United States. SIDS is the leading cause of postneonatal mortality, with
Trump Administration ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule Goes Into Effect
On Monday, January 21, the Supreme Court Justices voted 5-4 to allow the Trump Administration to start enforcing a rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards and access government aid
House Debate Paid Family and Medical Leave
On Tuesday, January 28, the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on the Legislative Proposals for Paid Family and Medical Leave. The hearing focused on the bipartisan Family and Medical Insurance
HHS Seeking Advice: Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
The Administration for Community Living is seeking input by Friday, February 7, 2020.
The Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, passed in 2018, established an Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. That Council is
Youth Vaping Epidemic Still Rising
According to the American Lung Association’s 2020 State of Tobacco Control report, the federal government delay in action on ending the youth vaping epidemic was inadequacy. An estimated 480,000 deaths are associate yearly with