Contact FFIS for the full text of any briefs from 1997 or 1996.

2005

Update on Medicaid Fiscal Relief Spending and Baseline Projections

Issue Brief 5-09, March 9, 2005

Additional LIHEAP Emergency Funds Released

Issue Brief 5-08, March 3, 2005

Growth and Shifts in Federal Immunization Grants

Issue Brief 5-07, March 2, 2005

JAG: Estimates for FY 2005 and an Uncertain Future

Issue Brief 5-06, February 23, 2005

WIA Reauthorization: This Could Be the Year

Issue Brief 5-05, February 22, 2005

New Data Highlight Uncertainties Surrounding Medicare Drug Benefit

Issue Brief 5-04, February 10, 2005

New Restrictions Proposed for Foster Care Payments

Issue Brief 5-03, February 8, 2005

LIHEAP Emergency Funds Released

Issue Brief 5-02, February 2, 2005

FY 2002 SCHIP Redistributions and Retentions

Issue Brief 5-01, January 19, 2005

2004

LIHEAP Emergency Funds Released

Issue Brief 4-60, December 29, 2004

Population Data for 2004-Impact on Bond Caps, SSBG Allocations

Issue Brief 4-59, December 28, 2004

DHS Releases FY 2005 Grant Allocations

Issue Brief 4-58, December 9, 2004

IDEA Reauthorization

Issue Brief 4-57, December 8, 2004

Medicaid QI-1 Program Extended

Issue Brief 4-56, November 23, 2004

New Medicaid Option for Sickle Cell Anemia

Issue Brief 4-55, November 16, 2004

Grants for Transition from Pharmacy Assistance Programs to Medicare Part D

Issue Brief 4-54, November 16, 2004

HHS Releases Child Welfare Allotment Percentages

Issue Brief 4-53, November 12, 2004

Possible FY 2007 FMAPs

Issue Brief 4-52, November 3, 2004

Highway Apportionments Released

Issue Brief 4-51, October 29, 2004

FCC Suspends E-Rate Program

Issue Brief 4-50, October 28, 2004

Formula Changes and Mandates Included in Intelligence Bills

Issue Brief 4-49, October 28, 2004

HHS Awards Adoption Bonuses

Issue Brief 4-48, October 19, 2004

HHS Awards Welfare High-Performance Bonuses

Issue Brief 4-47, October 18, 2004

Reimbursement for Emergency Health Care Costs for Aliens

Issue Brief 4-46, October 6, 2004

Emergency Highway Funding

Issue Brief 4-45, October 5, 2004

New Demonstration for Personal Reemployment Accounts

Issue Brief 4-44, October 5, 2004

States Receive Remaining Food Stamp Bonuses

Issue Brief 4-43, September 29, 2004

House Proposes Changes To Justice Grants

Issue Brief 4-42, September 28, 2004

FY 2006 FMAPs

Issue Brief 4-41, September 28, 2004

Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Grants Released

Issue Brief 4-40, September 22, 2004

States Receive Additional Tobacco Settlement Funds

Issue Brief 4-39, September 21, 2004

States Receive Food Stamp Bonuses

Issue Brief 4-38, September 21, 2004

States May Lose Unspent Education Funds

Issue Brief 4-37, September 14, 2004

Impact of Medicare Increases on State Medicaid Programs

Issue Brief 4-36, September 14, 2004

FY 2005 SCHIP Back-Flip Ends Three Years of Reduced Allotments

Issue Brief 4-34, August 30, 2004

National SCHIP Enrollment Plateaus

Issue Brief 4-35, August 30, 2004

HHS Announces Access to Recovery Grants

Issue Brief 4-33, August 26, 2004

States Finally Receive Election Reform Grants

Issue Brief 4-32, August 12, 2004

Transportation Issues and Updates

Issue Brief 4-31, August 12, 2004

Update on Fiscal Relief Grants to States

Issue Brief 4-30, August 10, 2004

Grants for Transition from Pharmacy Assistance Programs to Medicare Part D

Issue Brief 4-29, July 16, 2004

Homeland Security: How States Fare Under House Proposals

Issue Brief 4-28, July 9, 2004

Senate Passes Highway Funding Fix

Issue Brief 4-27, July 7, 2004

Issues Surrounding the Medicare Drug "Clawback"

Issue Brief 4-26, July 7, 2004

Food Stamp Error Rates: Good News for Most States

Issue Brief 4-25, July 6, 2004

Incentive Funds Awarded to States with Drunk-Driving Laws

Issue Brief 4-24, July 1, 2004

Proposed Expanded Tax on Vaccines

Issue Brief 4-22, June 23, 2004

HHS Releases FY 2004 Bioterrorism Funds

Issue Brief 4-21, June 23, 2004

Possible Reduction in Targeted Case Management Matching Rate

Issue Brief 4-23, June 23, 2004

HHS Plans to Reallocate FY 2004 Bioterrorism Funds

Issue Brief 4-20, May 26, 2004

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