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Policymakers should not expand work requirements for SNAP recipients.

States should make it as simple as possible for grandparents and other caregiver relatives to enroll in school children in their care or obtain medical treatment for them.

States should distribute public revenue only to social service agencies that are formally accountable to taxpayers.

Congress should mandate the use of the Supplemental Poverty MeasureA method for measuring povert

States should simplify estate planning. This includes allowing the use of electronic wills or trusts to govern the distribution of property at death.

States should expand laws on durable powers of attorney to:

States should codify, simplify, and clarify trust laws. They should model them on the Uniform Trust Code.

Policymakers should encourage advance care planning. This should include the creation of advance directives.

Policymakers should simplify, expedite, and minimize the cost of probate.

Federal policymakers should expand programs to improve guardianship. This should include monitoring programs.