http://www.clasp.org/advocacy_areas/publications.xml?type=strengthening_children_youth_and_families Resources & Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 14:05:28 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1245&list=publications Do urban poor dads live up to their image as "dead-beats" or do they really care about their kids? Often vilified across the political spectrum, unwed fathers in the inner city are the subject of a paradigm-shifting study and book, Doing the Best they Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City. The authors Kathryn Edin, professor of public policy and management, and Timothy J. Nelson, lecturer in social policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, conclude that we all should take another look at the father-child bond in the inner city and its critical importance to our nation. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1245&list=publications Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1242&list=publications The Work Supports Newsletter is a monthly update that summarizes CLASP's work on safety net programs that include cash assistance (TANF), nutrition supports (SNAP), refundable tax credits, health insurance, child support enforcement and child care subsidies. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1242&list=publications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1244&list=publications Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, the Northwest Area Foundation, and the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs hosted the final audio conference in their series highlighting the Ideas for Action Award winners. This call explored programs focused on breaking the cycle of poverty through training, education and support programs. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1244&list=publications Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1229&list=publications The Work Supports Newsletter is a monthly update that summarizes CLASP's work on safety net programs that include cash assistance (TANF), nutrition supports (SNAP), refundable tax credits, health insurance, child support enforcement and child care subsidies. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1229&list=publications Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1234&list=publications Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity hosted a national audio conference, in partnership with the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, the Northwest Area Foundation and the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, to explore programs that help families build financial assets. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1234&list=publications Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1217&list=publications CLASP is inaugurating this Work Supports e-newsletter to highlight the efforts of CLASP and our colleague organizations to help ensure low-income families get the support they need to stay employed and provide for their families. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1217&list=publications Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1181&list=publications This audio conference explores how STEP UP is promoting opportunity and ways businesses can make a real difference in local anti-poverty efforts. The Employers in Savannah are increasingly at the forefront of new steps to provide opportunity and remove barriers to success. It's the third of a three-part "Cities Promote Opportunity" audio conference series. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1181&list=publications Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1172&list=publications This audio conference highlighted how Providence, R.I. is carrying forward the work of its Poverty, Work and Opportunity Task Force and its recommendations for how the city could build opportunity for its residents. The event was sponsored by Spotlight on Poverty, which CLASP manages, and National League of Cities, Institute for Youth, Education & Families. It's the second in the three-part "Cities Promote Opportunity" audio conference series. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1172&list=publications Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1164&list=publications Battered by the recession like so many other cities, both Hartford, Conn. and Richmond, Va. recently established task forces to develop recommendations aimed at providing greater opportunity to area residents. This audio conference explored questions like: What are the priority recommendations in each city? What is the expectation around implementation? How will progress be assessed? And what are the key components of making job creation ideas work and stick over long the haul? http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1164&list=publications Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1082&list=publications The Budget released by the President on Monday recommends a budget level of $402 million, a $54 million increase over FY 2012, for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). This increase would be targeted solely toward direct funds to civil legal aid programs and would fully restore the funding that was cut from those programs in 2012. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1082&list=publications Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1033&list=publications This audio conference, a state advocate describes how the number has mattered, a state legislator tells why he wants a poverty impact projection attached to bills, and researchers will discuss how states can tailor analysis to their own policies and programs designed to decrease poverty. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1033&list=publications Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Poverty-Impact-Projections.pdf A Poverty Impact Projection (PIP) is an emerging tool that asks and answers the question at the forefront of the policy process such as, "If we pursue this policy, how much should it increase or decrease poverty?" This new report examines states where PIPs have been considered and offers thoughts about structuring PIPs. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Poverty-Impact-Projections.pdf Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Poverty-and-Opportunity-What-Difference-Can-a-Task-Force-Make.pdf About 20 states, including Washington D.C., have established a state government poverty and opportunity task force. Eleven of these states have set poverty reduction targets, such as cutting poverty in half in a decade. This report profiles four of these task forces in Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois and Colorado, and provides an overview of their impacts. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Poverty-and-Opportunity-What-Difference-Can-a-Task-Force-Make.pdf Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-SNAP-Reg-Comments.pdf These comments, submitted to the US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), were in response to a request for public comment on SNAP Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions. CLASP's recommendations are intended to help FNS implement provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008, Pub. L. 110-246. The recommendations focused on four main areas: the dependent care deduction, access to benefits, transitional benefits, and employment and training services. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-SNAP-Reg-Comments.pdf Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0975&list=publications This national audio conference was sponsored by CLASP-managed Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: The Source for News, Ideas, and Action and featured Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) discussing the latest budget developments in Congress. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0975&list=publications Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0952&list=publications In this audio conference cosponsored by Spotlight on Poverty and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) offered an insider's perspective on the latest budget developments as Congress debates funding for FY 2012. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0952&list=publications Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0939&list=publications This audio conference featured two experts on the United Kingdom's successful child poverty reduction efforts, even during the recession. With child poverty on the rise since 2000 in the U.S., these experts provided U.S. poverty advocates with lessons learned after the U.K. government pledged in 1999 to cut child poverty in half by 2010. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0939&list=publications Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600 /postsecondary/publication?id=0923&list=publications This document looks at select provisions in the Recovery Act that affected low-income people and their families. In areas where there is available data, it notes the impact of the program on the number of people who benefited from ARRA provisions. While the effect of the Recovery Act will be debated and analyzed by policy experts and researchers for years to come, some of the early evidence makes it clear that the Recovery Act benefited the nation by easing some immediate effects of the recession and preventing deeper hardship. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0923&list=publications Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 /postsecondary/publication?id=0917&list=publications In a new Spotlight on Poverty webcast, Vickie Choitz, senior policy analyst with CLASP's workforce development team and co-author of Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Policy Toolkit for States, discusses approaches to help low-skilled, low-income adults earn postsecondary credentials that lead to good jobs with family-sustaining wages. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0917&list=publications Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0849&list=publications This Spotlight on Poverty national audio conference featured Illinois state legislators and experts discussing newly released recommendations from the state's poverty commission. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0849&list=publications