Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. June 2020. Samantha Waxman, policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), recommended states tap into their rainy day funds to address current and future budget shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will allow them to maintain anti-poverty programs, give them time to enact policies that put families first, and keep the state economy afloat. https://www.cbpp.org/blog/3-reasons-why-states-should-tap-rainy-day-funds-now
