Allegheny County’s per capita funding for public defenders is currently on par with Mississippi, which is itself ranked dead ...

Despite the program’s many benefits, recent proposals from Republican leadership on the House Budget Committee would convert federal Medicaid funding to block grants or impose per capita caps.

The CBPP analysis notes that "under a per capita cap, states would get additional funding as the number of enrollees increased, but if the caps were set at an insufficient level, the state's ...