U.S. Welfare Watch

State Funding Opportunities

• 🔥 Tennessee Families First Grants: Tennessee DHS opened 2026-27 Families First Community Grant Program applications...

The 2026 LA homelessness documentary connects rising housing costs, mental health pressures, economic instability, and urban decline as drivers...

House Ways & Means advanced five specific anti-fraud bills targeting SSDI, TANF, unemployment, and medical programs.

• Federal approach: New...

Several states are reducing Medicaid support amid fiscal pressures:

• Colorado trims Medicaid to address a $1 billion shortfall
• Idaho passes health...

Social Security's Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund faces depletion, paying only 77% of benefits after 2033.

• AARP stresses the program is...

Summer EBT provides $120 per eligible child via EBT card for summer grocery purchases when school meals pause.

• Eligibility: Children in SNAP, TANF,...

Tennessee's Families First Community Grant Program directs $4 million in TANF funds to nonprofits delivering targeted services in education, economic...

No significant updates today.

No significant updates today.

Improper Payments Report

• 🔥 GAO Improper Payments Analysis: Federal agencies made $186 billion in improper payments across 64 programs in FY...

• Scale of overpayments: Federal agencies overpaid $186 billion across 64 programs in FY2025, a $24 billion increase from the prior year, with 82%...

Federal agencies issued $186 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2025, with Medicare ($57B) and Medicaid ($37B) leading the totals. This $24...

People with lived experience are driving a new system of care focused on family well-being, using their power to challenge how race, power, and narratives determine which families are deemed "fit".

SNAP funding could run out in November if the government shutdown continues, threatening benefits for low-income families.

Policy Shifts in Benefits

• 🔥 Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act: Senate passed the Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act allowing seniors to...

Indiana's 3.2% unemployment rate in April undercuts North Carolina's 3.7% and the national 4.3%, signaling stronger labor resilience.

• Indiana's...

The Senate passed the Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act, fully eliminating the Retirement Earnings Test that currently caps earnings at $24,480 for...

Low-income renters and voucher holders in subsidized housing retain full access to emotional support animals as reasonable accommodations under the...

A new policy paper identifies a clear gap in U.S. nutrition programs: no community-facing prepared-meal infrastructure exists alongside SNAP, WIC, and...

Time-Sensitive Assistance Deadlines

• ⚡ Missouri Energy Bill Help: May 31 is the deadline to apply for LIHEAP and related state programs providing...