A robust, equitable, inclusive economic recovery must include investment in good jobs for all, the care economy, income supports, and mental health; a pathway to citizenship for immigrant workers; and it must center those who have been historically disinvested in.
The coronavirus has revealed and worsened racial inequities across the child care sector. This report explains the origins of long-standing inequities in early education, examines how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated them, and offers recommendations for how stakeholders can address them to build a fairer system.
On May 21, 2020 Shiva Sethi presented on a webinar for 2020 Moms about his paper, Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy: A Guide for Policymakers and Advocates.
This brief offers a variety of strategies that policymakers and advocates can use to advance racial equity in maternal mental health. It offers many effective models from communities across the country. While many of these success stories are about broad health issues, they contain lessons…
The United States should prioritize the wellbeing of young children in our laws and policies. Yet the current administration has been indifferent to—and even motivated by—the harmful consequences of its immigration policy priorities for up to 7.5 million young children in immigrant families across the…
On January 22, 2020 CLASP sent this letter of support for H.R. 4996 to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This bill would encourage states to extend Medicaid coverage to one year postpartum.
On October 18, 2019 CLASP submitted these comments to the Federal Register in opposition to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule on the implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard.
CLASP submitted these comments to the Federal Register on May 28, 2019 to express our opposition to proposed changes to Head Start duration requirements.