Fall 2025 Health Policy Intern

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a highcaliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty promote equity and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis developing evidencebased policy ideas and strategies shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups including Black Indigenous and other people of color; immigrants; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ people. CBPP is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work.

The Health Policyteamisactivelyinvolvedin policy discussions related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) MedicaidtheChildrensHealthInsuranceProgram (CHIP) and other health care issues that affect low and moderateincome families. TheHealthPolicyIntern assists in all aspects of this process including research qualitative and quantitative analysis data collection and management and strategic problem solving with the goalof understanding how various administrative policies and legislative proposalsaffect families and federal/state budgets.

Qualifications:

• Coursework in health care policy social statistics or research methods.
• Demonstrated interest in health care policy and general familiarity with the ACA Medicaid andCHIP.
• Basic quantitative and analytic skills and the ability to synthesize largeamountsof data.
• Experience translating policy into public products through writing or graphics work preferred.
• Understandingofand appreciation for CBPPs mission andaninterest in improving health care for lowincome familiesand individuals.
• Basic familiarity with U.S. health insurance infrastructure.
• Education:current undergraduate students graduate/PhD students or recent graduates.

Successful interns will have a commitment to CBPPs missionto improve the wellbeing of low and moderateincome people and advance racial equity.

To expand the diversity of voices that speak with authority in federal and state policy debates CBPPs internship program identifies highly motivated candidates particularly those with experience with communities that are underrepresented in policy debates with a demonstrated interest in working on public policies that affect lowincome and diverse communities and have implications for racial equity.

International students are welcome to apply. The Center does not provide financial sponsorship for visas or work permits. You must have documentation of work authorization for the U.S. AND a U.S. Social Security number as of the start date of the internship to be employed by the Center.

ApplicationDeadline:June:

Internship Start Date:September 2 2025

Internship End Date: December 12 2025

CBPPs fall internship will be remote. Remote interns must be in the U.S. for the duration of the internship. Interns located in the Washington D.C. metro area during the fall term may have the option to work on a hybrid schedule that includes at least two days per week in person at our D.C. office.

Work Hours:Interns should be available between 3040 hours per week during core Eastern Time business hours. Work schedules can be flexed to accommodate time zone differences as well as classwork and other school commitments.

Compensation:

• Undergraduate students receive $18.00 per hour.
• Students with a bachelors degree receive $19.00 per hour.
• Graduate students receive $20.00 per hour.
• Students with a masters or law degree receive $21.00 per hour.
• Doctoral students may receive between $20.00 and $22.00 per hour depending on progress toward completion of degree requirements relevant coursework and research.

Required application materials:

• Cover letter (please include a discussion of what draws you to CBPPs mission and the Health Policy teams work)
• Rsum
• Transcript(s)