Federal Budget

Today, appropriators released a bipartisan, bicameral compromise for fiscal year (FY) 2026 that maintains funding for essential financial aid and student support programs, including the Pell Grant program, TRIO, and the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) Program. TICAS released the following statement in response.

This fact sheet details changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid (or Medi-Cal) from H.R.1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It highlights potential impacts the legislation may have on the California state budget, as well as basic needs security for students and residents. 

This fact sheet details changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid from H.R.1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It highlights potential impacts the legislation may have on the New York state budget, as well as basic needs security for students and residents. 

This fact sheet details changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid from H.R.1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It highlights potential impacts the legislation may have on the Michigan state budget, as well as basic needs security for students and residents. 

Colleges cannot increase completion when students’ basic needs go unmet. To highlight what federally-supported basic needs investments make possible…

“A reason students drop out is because basic needs are unmet. If you’re not eating, you’re not focusing…