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U.S. federal aid program for low-income childcare
Analyses across news outlets and research groups show that on balance wealthier, Democratic-leaning “blue” states tend to send more federal tax dollars to Washington than they receive back in programm...
Republican policy proposals and specific Republican-led plans such as Project 2025 have been widely criticized by Democratic lawmakers and progressive policy groups as likely to increase poverty, redu...
The federal poverty guidelines (FPG) published by HHS are the baseline that many federal and state programs use for income eligibility; health programs (Medicaid, CHIP, Marketplace subsidies) and nutr...
Republicans and Democrats offer contrasting approaches to childcare and paid family leave: Democrats generally propose expanded, federally funded childcare and a national paid-leave framework aimed at...
The government shutdown began when Congress failed to pass appropriations by the October 1, 2025 deadline, producing a partisan stalemate primarily over extension of Affordable Care Act marketplace su...
The claim widely circulated about a 1960s “NASA study” led by George Land—that 98% of children aged 3–5 tested as “creative geniuses” and that only 2% of adults retain that level—derives from creativi...
HHS publishes its federal poverty guidelines — including the separate, higher figures for Alaska and Hawaii — through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the a...
George Land developed a divergent-thinking assessment originally used to help identify creative engineers and scientists for NASA; the instrument asked participants to generate multiple solutions to p...
The October 2013 federal shutdown furloughed roughly at its height, produced about , disrupted scores of agency functions from national parks to clinical trials, and imposed , while Congress later pro...
Executive summary Federal partisan funding disputes disproportionately disrupt —notably early childhood services such as Head Start, national parks and museums, and a range of discretionary grant-fund...
Chicago-area reporting in late September 2025 shows , though coverage varies on which organizations are named and what services they offer. News reports published Sept. 22–29, 2025 identify community ...
The Labor–HHS– FY2026 appropriations bill finances a broad portfolio across education, health, labor and related agencies — from and to research and programs — with and drafts diverging on levels for ...
Federal agencies used Census Bureau population and survey data to guide the geographic distribution of at least 353 federal assistance programs in FY2021 and those data helped direct more than $2.8 tr...
Federal rules and recent agency actions aim to block most undocumented immigrants from receiving designated “federal public benefits,” but longstanding statutory limits already exclude many benefits a...
Reporting and advocacy documents show several NGOs and a few researchers have investigated or warned about child health harms from DOGE-related spending cuts—prominent organizations include First Focu...
PRWORA (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act) restricts many federal public benefits for non‑qualified and unauthorized immigrants, most notably , while preserving exception...
A President who refuses to negotiate or conditions talks on policy concessions during a 2025 shutdown faces immediate political costs: rising public blame, legal challenges over benefit payments, and ...
The federal policy on undocumented immigrants in 2025 centers on aggressive enforcement, expanded removals, and tightened eligibility for public benefits under the Trump administration, producing meas...
Senate Democrats say 2025 budget and administrative moves threaten Head Start and childcare supports, claiming cuts and withheld funds put tens of thousands of children at risk of losing services; Dem...
President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal pledges large new , including expanded child care, paid family and medical leave, housing assistance, and nutrition programs, with administration fact sheets qua...