This fact sheet features a close look at recently proposed legislation to alter federal SNAP guidelines for states and households. Its provisions would: increase food insecurity for low-income families with children; and expand both states’ costs and administrative responsibilities for the program. The implementation demands alone would weigh heavily on state administrative bodies in the coming years.
Author: Lauren Hecht
Legislative Library: State Policies on TANF, SNAP, and State-Level Tax Credits, version 1.2
- Post author Karen Chatfield, Lauren Hecht, Esther Lau
- Project Improving Family Economic Security Through Evidence-Based State Policy Reforms;
- Publication Type
- Post date May 8, 2025
To download, click here: Legislative Library. (Since the Library is an Excel file, the Download PDF button on this page does not function.) The Library provides state legislation in recent years that was designed to expand or restrict families’ access to support from TANF, SNAP, and state-level tax credits. In addition, version 1.2 features a third […]
A 50-State Comparison of TANF Policies Linked to Child and Family Protection
- Post author Karen Chatfield, Lauren Hecht, Daniel Ferguson
- Project Improving Family Economic Security Through Evidence-Based State Policy Reforms;
- Publication Type Fact Sheet
- Post date March 24, 2025
The National Center for Children in Poverty’s (NCCP) 50-State Comparison of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Policies Linked to Child and Family Protection can support the work of policymakers and advocates. Research using data from 2004 to 2016 shows that states that adopted any of seven restrictive TANF policies in those years saw increases […]
A 50-State Comparison of SNAP Policies Linked to Child and Family Protection
- Post author Karen Chatfield, Lauren Hecht, Daniel Ferguson
- Project Improving Family Economic Security Through Evidence-Based State Policy Reforms;
- Publication Type Fact Sheet
- Post date January 23, 2025
The National Center for Children in Poverty’s (NCCP) 50-State Comparison of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) Policies Linked to Child and Family Protection for the program can support the work of policymakers and advocates. In states that enacted them during the years 2004 through 2016, each of four policies included here contributed to reductions in […]