2.1: Program Improvements
Design improvements to make these programs more accessible to eligible populations, more effective in helping beneficiaries
meet basic needs while moving toward self-sufficiency, and simpler to administer for federal and state governments.
Other Information:
In addition, the Center designs improvements to make these programs more accessible to eligible populations, more effective
in helping beneficiaries meet basic needs while moving toward self-sufficiency, and simpler to administer for federal and
state governments.
Stakeholder(s):
- Federal Government
- State Governments
- Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program: Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (for example, by encouraging efforts to expand health coverage among
low-income working families).
- Food Stamp Program: Food stamps (for example, by designing and promoting state options to simplify and streamline food stamp procedures and thereby
boost participation among working-poor families).
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (for example, by helping states design programs that can help TANF recipients succeed
in the workplace and increase their earnings).
- Supplemental Security Income Program: Supplemental Security Income (for example, by promoting policies that increase the fairness and accuracy of the disability
determination process).
- WIC and Child Nutrition Programs: WIC and child nutrition (for example, by helping states contain WIC costs by negotiating advantageous contracts with infant
formula manufacturers).
- Low-Income Housing Programs: Low-income housing programs (for example, by designing improvements to help families with housing assistance use it to move
to areas with better job opportunities).
- Low-Income Tax Credits Program: Low-income tax credits (for example, by developing proposals to improve the operation of the Earned Income Tax Credit and
the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit and by helping states create or expand state EITCs).
Indicator(s):
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