by Allie Fiske | Feb 2026 | resources
In 2025, the already complicated landscape of student loan repayment in the United States was impacted by litigation, legislation, and executive action. This article, which is a companion piece to CAPLAW’s CAA Primer on Student Loan Repayment, focuses on modifications...
by Allie Fiske | Jan 2026 | resources, rf-featured
Low-income individuals in the community have an important voice in the administration of poverty alleviating programs. The federal Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act recognizes this and requires each Community Action Agency (CAA) to have a tripartite board of...
by Allie Fiske | Jan 2026 | resources
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act increased the threshold for reporting certain payments made by a CAA to non-employees under the tax code. Starting January 1, 2026, CAAs are only required to issue a Form 1099-NEC or Form 1099-MISC to a single payee if the total payments...
by Allie Fiske | Jan 2026 | resources
Familiar changes are likely coming to worker classification rules under federal wage and hour laws. With these changes, CAAs may find that more workers may be treated under the Fair Labor Standards Act as independent contractors instead of employees. However, CAAs are...
by Allie Fiske | Dec 2025 | members-resources
On November 19, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to rescind nearly the entire public charge rule that previously went into effect on December 23, 2022 (the “2022 Rule”) without a formal...
by Allie Fiske | Nov 2025 | resources
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