Shutdown Report: State Tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEarly Childhood Programs:<\/p>\n
\n- Attacks on Head Start are Part of a Sustained Strategy to Undermine Progress for Families with Low Incomes: A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Eliminate the Program<\/a>, NWLC<\/li>\n
- NWLC Applauds Nationwide Injunction Halting Trump Administration\u2019s Illegal Attempt to Deny Immigrant Children Access to Head Start<\/a><\/li>\n
- White House and Congress Manufactured a Crisis that Threatens Jobs, Food Assistance, and Head Start and Will Increase Health Care Costs<\/a>, CLASP<\/li>\n
- See How the Government Shutdown Impacts Head Start By State<\/a>, NHSA<\/li>\n
- Extended Government Shutdown Puts 65,152 Head Start Children and Families at Risk<\/a>, NHSA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Heating Assistance:<\/p>\n
\n- Winter Outlook: Home Heating Expenditures Projected to Increase by 7.6%<\/a>,<\/li>\n
- States Call for Utilities to Suspend Shut-Offs During Government Shutdown Until LIHEAP Funds Are Released<\/a>, NEADA<\/li>\n
- Millions at Risk as Government Shutdown Freezes Funds for a Critical Heating Program<\/a>, Time Magazine<\/li>\n
- What Are Benefits Enrollment Centers (BECs)?<\/a>, NCOA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Protecting Nutrition Programs:<\/p>\n
\n- Trump Administration Won\u2019t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown<\/a>, NYT<\/li>\n
- The Trump Administration\u2019s Latest Power Play: Starving Americans to Secure Democrats\u2019 Submission<\/a>, Ms. Magazine<\/li>\n
- Political Will and Administrative Priorities<\/a>, FRAC<\/li>\n
- A Behind the Scenes Look at SNAP<\/a>, FRAC<\/li>\n
- SNAP\u2019s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past<\/a>, CBBP<\/li>\n
- Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims<\/a>, CBBP<\/li>\n
- Millions face losing SNAP benefits as shutdown continues with no end in sight<\/a>, PBS Newshour<\/li>\n
- The Trump Administration Has the Power and Legal Obligation To Pay SNAP Benefits During the Shutdown<\/a>, CAP<\/li>\n
- What You Need to Know About SNAP and WIC if the Government Shutdown Continues<\/a>, The Arc<\/li>\n
- Democrats plan to sue over food aid as GOP splits on legislative patch<\/a>, Politico<\/li>\n
- No plans for SNAP patch in House, Johnson says<\/a>, Politico<\/li>\n
- States sue over Trump administration suspending food benefits during shutdown<\/a>, Reuters<\/li>\n
- MAGA Uses Hunger as a Political Weapon<\/a>, The Contrarian<\/li>\n
- 44 National Organizations Send Letter to White House Urging Additional Emergency Funds for WIC<\/a>, NWA<\/li>\n
- Monitoring the Government Shutdown<\/a>, NCA<\/li>\n
- Federal Government Shutdown<\/a> and 2025 Federal Government Shutdown FAQs<\/a>, SNA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Protecting Health Coverage and Other Basic Needs Programs<\/p>\n
\n- 300,000 Lawfully Present Immigrants Will Be Newly Ineligible for Health Care Help in This Open Enrollment Period<\/a>, NILC<\/li>\n
- Getting Ready for Open Enrollment<\/a>, Families USA<\/li>\n
- Congress\u2019 Failure To Extend Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Will Greatly Increase Health Insurance Costs for Small-Business People<\/a>, CAP<\/li>\n
- Open Enrollment, Closed Doors<\/a>, CAP<\/li>\n
- ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Could See Sharper Increases in What They Pay<\/a> KFF<\/li>\n
- ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire<\/a>, KFF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other Topics:<\/p>\n
\n- OBBA Impacts By State<\/a>, PBN<\/li>\n
- Early Childhood Poverty: A Lasting Impact on Babies\u2019 Health and Development<\/a>, Zero to Three<\/li>\n
- Financial Insecurity in the Nonprofit Workforce<\/a>, Independent Sector<\/li>\n
- \u201cDifferential Privacy\u201d in the U.S. Census: Protecting Individual Data Confidentiality; Preserving Accuracy<\/a>, LCCHR<\/li>\n
- Civil Rights Groups Will Not Be Silenced<\/a>, LCCHR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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