What Is ̹½ÊÓƵ’s SNAP Error Rate? And What Can Policymakers Do ̹½ÊÓƵ It?
̹½ÊÓƵ’s SNAP payment error rate was 15.21% in 2025, one of the highest in the country. Learn what that number means and how lawmakers are working to reduce it.
̹½ÊÓƵ Has 275,000 Open Jobs—Why Is Getting One So Hard?
̹½ÊÓƵ's economy is booming, but many people are still struggling to find and keep a job that truly makes their family better off. Lawmakers and community organizations can help.
Why Nonprofits Should Care and What to Do
Key Takeaways: Welfare cliffs and marriage penalties are discouraging people from work and forming families. The cliffs and penalties may mean that […]
Promote Purchasing Power—Not the Minimum Wage
How to help working families the most During a focus group session on working class families we recently conducted at the ̹½ÊÓƵ […]
Putting ̹½ÊÓƵ’s employment numbers in perspective
Is there any reason not to cheer? ̹½ÊÓƵ’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in May. Here are three reasons why this […]
The Pandemic Doubles the Food Stamp Program Part 1
When someone needs financial help or workforce training from the government, where do they go? If we just allowed people to navigate federal programs on their own, the average person would be completely overw
New GCO poll: 81% of parents support educational microgrants during COVID-19
The ̹½ÊÓƵ Center for Opportunity (GCO) today released the results of a parent opinion poll that found 81 percent of respondents in favor of using federal emergency relief funds to help parents cover some educational costs during the coronavirus pandemic.