Policy Briefing October 2016

Date: October 7, 2016
Author(s): Rebecca May
IN THIS ISSUE:
- States Moving to Avoid Jailing Low-Income Defendants Who Are Awaiting Trial
- TANF Families Suffer High Rates of Trauma, Program Does Not Address It
- Impact of Payday and Auto Title Loans on Families with Low Income Described in New Report
- Two Governors Under Fire After Privatizing Welfare Services
- Rising Inequality Expanding the Black-White Wage Gap
- Incomes Up for Most in US in 2015, but Poverty Increased for Working-Age Adults and Children
- State Child Support Enforcement and TANF News
- Also of Note