Anti poverty

Human services and postsecondary education share an important goal of helping individuals build stability and move toward economic self-sufficiency—yet public…

TICAS and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) hosted a webinar about our Partnerships for Alignment, Credentialing, and Employment (PACE) Initiative, its benefits from the perspective of a lived expert, and additional research that emphasizes the need for stronger alignment between human services and higher education.

This report explores how rural-serving institutions (RSIs) currently support parenting students and identifies opportunities to strengthen student success. Drawing on student support examples from RSIs across the country, we offer recommendations for federal policymakers to expand effective interventions that support parenting students’ ability to complete a credential. 

Recognizing that degree completion can increase economic mobility and long-term self-sufficiency, our new brief offers strategies for states and institutions to minimize coverage losses from Medicaid work requirements and allow students to focus on their studies, not their health coverage.

Our latest piece examines CUNY’s programs through the lens of student basic needs, and in the light of changes coming to safety net programs that impact students. We examine the range of resources CUNY currently offers and look at effective programs in other states that help students cover the non-tuition costs of college.

This blog is an update to TICAS’ analysis of SNAP and Medicaid cuts proposed in the House Reconciliation framework that was published prior to the passage of H.R.1, and provides final estimates of the impact of SNAP cost-shifts passed into law.