2025 Fact Sheets

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Policy Agenda

• Policy Priorities 2025
• Prioridades políticas de 2025

Meeting Basic Needs

• Balancing Washington’s Tax Code
• Expand Working Families Tax Credit Eligibility to All Adults 18-25

Transforming Cash Assistance Programs

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 101
• Increase Equitable Access to TANF, Pass HB 1463
• Basic Needs Program Cutoffs
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Narrow Time Limit Exemptions Flowchart
• Connect Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to the Need Standard, Pass HB 1845

Bolstering Consumer Protections

• Regulate EWA to Protect Consumers
• Update Automatic Last Dollar Protections to Protect Consumers
• Keep Washington Consumers Safe from HESAs, Oppose HB 1464