At some point in the next three to six months, absent explicit action from the Biden Administration or Congress, it is anticipated that the official “Public Health Emergency (PHE)” tied to the pandemic will be lifted. At that time, a number of special authorities and flexibilities afforded an array of public benefits programs will, logically, also be lifted.
However, the end of the PHE does not mean the end of the challenges for families brought on by the pandemic. And the precipitous elimination of some of those authorities could place tens of millions of Americans at risk now and well into the future.
