Sentences with phrase «federal safety net programs»

The House GOP tax bill is likely to raise the deficit substantially, thereby putting pressure to cut federal safety net programs used by poor people, said Leonard Burman of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

SSI is the basic federal safety net program for the elderly, blind and disabled, providing them with a minimum guaranteed income.

Not exact matches

No matter where one stands on the debate over safety - net programs like welfare and food stamps, or massive federal undertakings like Obamacare, everyone agrees that those need taxation to fund them.

Of course, when the federal government and states make changes to hunger programs, it has a direct and hard - hitting impact on the groups that act as a safety net.

Most safety net programs are currently administered at the state or federal level, rather than the local level — meaning that states have a greater capacity to cover independent contractors through government safety net programs.

Safety - net programs that help low and moderate - income working families, as well as those among us who are elderly, poor, disabled and neglected, account for only 13 % of the total 2011 federal budget.

No state or federal child safety - net program allocates dollars specifically for the purchase of diapers.

FRAC works with a broad range of national and state partners to protect and strengthen the federal nutrition programs and ensure a strong and effective national nutrition safety net for vulnerable, low - income individuals and families.

Fraud is a risk to federal safety - net programs» (Editorial, Jan. 23).

She has steered the organization to advocacy, pressing elected officials to protect and strengthen the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, the school breakfast program at Chicago Public Schools and other key social safetprogram, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, the school breakfast program at Chicago Public Schools and other key social safetProgram or SNAP, the school breakfast program at Chicago Public Schools and other key social safetprogram at Chicago Public Schools and other key social safety nets.

«The federal budget is a reflection of our values and priorities and it would be irresponsible and disastrous for Congress to implement budget cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Social Security, and other social and safety net programs.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

The proposed cuts in Medicaid, the health insurance program for low - income and disabled people, would shift $ 4.5 billion in costs from the federal government to New York, its counties and safety net hospitals.

In New York, 840,000 children are lifted above the poverty line each year by safety net programs; 597,000 residents were lifted out of poverty by the earned income tax credit and child tax credit from 2011 — 2013; 576,000 low - income households rely on federal rental assistance; 2,968,000 residents received SNAP in FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social services.

«He knows how to deliver crucial safety net programs to residents, navigate constantly changing state and federal regulations and ensure that tax dollars are spent wisely.»

The budget eviscerates Medicaid and other social safety net programs, eliminates federal arts support and slashes environmental programs that are unpopular with the administration and its supporters.

It also includes widely used safety net programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), and a significant amount of federal spending on transportation, among other things.

The state also faces continuing uncertainty about the federal role in safety net programs.

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In the absence of federal oversight and a strong social safety net, we must form partnerships with health and human services directors, departments of recreation, volunteer programs, and on and on.

Although the state insurance guaranty system operates differently than the FDIC's federal deposit insurance program, it's similar in that it provides a safety net of sorts for owners of insurance policies and annuities in the event an insurer becomes insolvent.

The federal 340B Drug Pricing Program helps participating safety - net centers to obtain prescription drugs at reduced rates from pharmaceutical manufacturers, in turn enabling these sites to more readily absorb the cost of providing contraceptives at little or no cost to their clients.

The Academy advocates to protect and expand federal anti-poverty and safety net programs, including those that provide health care (and access to health care through Medicaid and CHIP), early education (such as Head Start and Early Head Start), quality child care, affordable housing and home visiting, as well as critical nutrition assistance programs like WIC, SNAP, school meals, and summer feeding programs.

TRENTON — For the nearly 2 million children that call New Jersey home, latest child well - being data from the 2017 New Jersey KIDS COUNT show progress in the areas of health and economic well - being, thanks in part to the vital supports of federal safety - net programs.

Together, federal and state public funding programs are critical — and promise to remain so in the future — to ensuring that the millions of people who rely on safety - net family planning providers are able to obtain timely, high - quality care.

Still, the Title X program, state - only sources and federal block grants all continue to play important roles in individual states, for safety - net providers and particularly for patients who are not covered by Medicaid.

Status: Two bills are before Congress: H.R. 230, by Rep. Bill McCollum, R - Fla., and H.R. 219, by Rep. Rick Lazio, R - N.Y.. Both would set up a federal reinsurance program to serve as a safety net in the event of a large disaster.