In most states the individual asset limit for Medicaid long-term care is *$2,000.* Meaning if you've worked your whole life to accumulate a nest egg but can't afford this kind of bill you have to spend down all you've earned until you get to owning less than $2K in your name.

What a horrifying look into the latest in the FAFSA Fiasco. There is *SO MUCH BLAME* to go around: 🤡 Republicans for starving Federal Student Aid of $$ 🤡 FSA for bungling every aspect of this program 🤡 Shady contractors not doing their jobs 🤡 A surprise, uncredited appearance by MOHELA!

The cost of housing has risen steeply in recent years, including for college students. Living in a dorm or renting an off-campus apartment can be the single largest expense a student faces, even more than tuition. Laura Barrón-López reports. to.pbs.org/47QjazL

Once again, Mark Huelsman nails it. Half of college students experience housing insecurity and nearly 1 in 10 experience homelessness. Rent and even dorm charges are breaking the bank. When will colleges & policymakers realize that basic needs insecurity is already a crisis?

Critical perspective from Dr. John B. King, Jr. and Dr. Mildred García, whose SUNY and Cal State systems collectively enroll 800,000 students, on how lawmakers can end the college hunger crisis by finally reforming the outdated, unfair, and counterproductive student SNAP rules.

Dad, Bluey

For far too long, our broken student loan system has made it too hard for borrowers experiencing financially devastating hardships to access relief, and it’s not right. The rules proposed by the Biden-Harris Admin today would provide hope to millions of struggling Americans.

Back in my day, people got in on their own merits by first starring on the hit comedy series Full House.

This week, along with ACCT, Jobs for the Future (JFF), and TICAS, we joined 112 organizations calling on the Biden-Harris Administration to use all regulatory tools at their disposal to improve student food insecurity and expand access to SNAP: hope.temple.edu/policy-advocac…

We are thrilled to see a new partnership between U.S. Department of Education and Dept. of Agriculture to expand outreach to SNAP for food-insecure students and finally ensure students know about and receive supports for which they are eligible. ed.gov/about/news/pre… 1/2

It's been an honor serving as your @CFPB Director. Every day, Americans from across the country shared their ideas and experiences with us. You helped us hold powerful companies & their executives accountable for breaking the law, and you made our work better. Thank you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

"Borrowers and their families lost an ally at the highest levels of power in Washington—a dark sign of things to come as millions of borrowers face debt collection, wage garnishment, and damaged credit for the first time in five years." More from us 👇 protectborrowers.org/trump-sacks-to…

Rohit Chopra spent every day at CFPB making sure we could have a strong financial system that was also safe for consumers. He cracked down on junk fees and false medical debt reports, protected personal financial data, and investigated dangerous de-banking practices.

To be clear, this is a potential bait-and-switch from McMahon. It was “the law” under Trump 1.0 and yet 99% of applicants were rejected in large part due to Betsy DeVos’s relentless lack of desire to administer the program.

By eliminating CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman, the President is making clear his crusade to “delete” the CFPB is a gift to corporations and a betrayal of working families. protectborrowers.org/trump-vought-a…

And they did it. Congressional Republicans voted to SLASH education, health, food assistance and more all to deliver tax cuts for billionaires.

The Trump Administration slashed nearly half of the workforce at U.S. Department of Education. Damaging the core functions of ED will do nothing to address the pain of students and families struggling with rising costs of living—in fact, it will only do the opposite. hope.temple.edu/statement-mass…

Putting aside for a second whether the shutdown is the correct or incorrect call for Dems, just worth noting that Trump will get more *legal* power over the federal budget under the CR, at least per numerous appropriators/approps experts I've interviewed Sen. Patty Murray

Today, President Trump is signing an Executive Order to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education—the latest in a series of actions that undermine the ability of students to access, afford, and feel secure in higher education. hope.temple.edu/policy-advocac…

The House’s reconciliation bill contains more than $350 billion in cuts to federal student aid programs. It will have catastrophic consequences on the ability of students and their families to meet their needs and finance their education.