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Devote adequate resources—the nation should devote sufficient resources to ensure access to benefits and adequate benefit levels for all who qu

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.

Public-benefit programs should ensure that families headed by grandparents and other caregiver relatives receive sufficient support for economic security an

Food and nutrition programs should have adequate funding to engage in robust outreach efforts.

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

Policymakers should explore new, more consumer-centered systems for providing low-income assistance.

Information about public-benefit programs should be shortened and simplified. This includes application forms, procedures, and program notices.

Congress and state legislatures should ensure that all lawfully present non-citizen residents who qualify for essential low-income benefits

Policymakers should streamline and coordinate application procedures among different public-benefit programs.

Asset limitsThe value of assets a person or family can have and still qualify