The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for a new grant cycle of the Continuum of Care (CoC) program. This program works with local partner organizations to link people experiencing homelessness to housing resources and supports. According to HUD, funding under the CoC program will take a controversial step to shift assistance… (Marceno, November 14, 2025) #Prevention, #Public Health

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed rule that would significantly narrow and simplify its 2023 Section 1071 small-business lending data collection requirements, even as the agency faces an unprecedented threat to its viability following a new Justice Department (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determination that its current funding structure is unlawful. The proposal would raise lender-coverage… (Colocho, November 14, 2025) #Health Equity, #Transparency

In September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program. According to CMS, all 50 states submitted applications to the RHTP, which were due November 5, 2025. Congress’s recent budget reconciliation package included the program as a compromise to address concerns about the impact of the bill… (Marceno, November 13, 2025) #Hospitals, #Public Health, #Rural Health

Late Sunday night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a 29-page opinion denying the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order requiring full November funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the ongoing government shutdown. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr.’s earlier directive, which ordered the… (Eisen, McClurg, November 10, 2025) #Nutrition

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) that could significantly reshape the public charge standard used to determine whether certain immigrants are inadmissible to the United States. Logged on November 3 as a proposed rulemaking, the submission marks a potential return to the Trump administration’s 2019 framework, which… (Colocho, November 10, 2025) #Health Equity, #Immigration, #Public Health

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new information bulletin entitled “Ensuring Medicaid Eligibility Integrity by Addressing Concurrent Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Enrollment Across States.” This publication represents the latest publication supporting implementation of the reconciliation bill passed this summer, regarding Sec. 71103, which aims to ensure that individuals are not improperly enrolled in… (Marceno, November 7, 2025) #Coverage Decisions, #Insurance Coverage