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Policies and regulations should prioritize placing children in foster care with grandparents and other caregiver relatives whenever possible and appropriate.

Policymakers should not increase the age of eligibility for SSI.

Policymakers should support efforts to improve the quality of foods purchased and consumed by SNAP recipients, such as through nutrition

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

Tax reform should focus on raising sufficient revenue. It should make the tax system more equitable and efficient.

Reforms should

Reforming business taxes, such as the corporate tax or a tax on the financial industry, should be considered in any effort to raise additional revenue.

Policymakers should not tax the actuarial value of Medicare or the value of other in-kind benefits (see also