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Updating the Supplemental Security Income program’s asset and income limits would reduce poverty and improve financial security for people with disabilities and their families.
Using per student funding data, we find wide variation in funding equity across states, raising concerns about the need for states to pay more attention to allocating funds to maximize opportunities for economic mobility.
More than 1,600 programs offer down payment assistance nationwide, but many new homebuyers don’t know they may be eligible for assistance.
Even as one of the richest countries in the world, the United States still has more than 10 percent of its population living in poverty, a failure which sociologist Matthew Desmond explains is by design.
Amid inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99 percent of counties in 2022. Adjustments to SNAP narrowed—but didn’t close—that gap.

