Updated May 08, 2025 Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Overview The report provides an overview of federal and state child and dependent care tax credits, exploring design, refundability, and targeted incentives for families. Fiscal Human Services Map Table
Updated May 02, 2025 How Proposed Changes to Federal Safety Net Programs Could Affect the States As part of the current congressional budget reconciliation process, there have been proposals to cut federal funding to states for social service programs including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG). Together, these proposed changes could place significant new budget pressure on states to make up the difference in funding. Health Human Services State-Federal State Legislatures News
Updated April 02, 2025 Child Welfare Legislation Archived Database The database on this page allows you to search 2012-2022 enacted child welfare legislation in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories by state, topic, keyword, status and/or primary author. Human Services Database
Updated April 02, 2025 Early Childhood Legislation Database The Early Childhood database tracks and updates early childhood, care and learning legislation from 2019 through 2022 legislative sessions for 50 states and the territories. Human Services Database
Updated April 02, 2025 Housing and Homelessness Legislation Database NCSL’s Housing and Homelessness Legislation Database tracks filed bills in the 50 states, District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Financial Services Human Services Database
Updated March 27, 2025 Early Childhood Fellows Program The Early Learning Fellows Program is a year long opportunity to legislators and legislative staff particularly interested in the topic of early care and education. Human Services
Updated March 20, 2025 Housing and Homelessness Toolkit State legislators seeking to tackle housing or homelessness issues have a variety of policy levers to consider. This collection of informational resources is a great starting point for understanding many aspects of housing and homelessness policy. Human Services
Updated February 27, 2025 Child Welfare Enacted Legislation Database This database covers topics related to child welfare, including foster and kinship care, child protection and the prevention of child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement. It includes all enacted legislation from 2024 to the present and is updated weekly by NCSL staff. Human Services Database
Updated February 25, 2025 NCSL Joins Others in Expressing Concerns Over Proposals to Change Social Safety Net Programs NCSL joined other national bipartisan organizations in expressing concerns about proposals to change the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) financing and requirements. These programs operate as a partnership between federal, state, and local governments and are jointly financed to provide critical services to millions of vulnerable Americans, including children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and low-income adults. Health Human Services State-Federal
Updated February 25, 2025 School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Laws To better understand what states are doing to prevent child sexual abuse, we collected and summarized relevant laws. Here's what we found as of 2022. Education Human Services Table
Updated January 17, 2025 Family First State Plans and Enacted Legislation An overview of state Title IV-E plans and enacted legislation regarding the Family First Prevention Services Act. Human Services Map
Updated January 17, 2025 Youth Homelessness Fellows Program The Youth Homelessness Fellows Program is a year long opportunity to legislators and legislative staff particularly interested in the topic of youth and young adult homelessness. Human Services