http://www.clasp.org/issues/filter.xml?type=reports_and_analyses Resources and Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 13:20:37 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1243&list=publications CLASP's Early Childhood Education Update is a monthly roundup of news, legislative developments, research, and other developments of interest to the early care and education community. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1243&list=publications Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1241&list=publications Getting Down to Business is a CLASP monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1241&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 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Unmet-Need-Brief-041213-final-ab-2.pdf Over the last three decades, college tuition and fees have increased nearly four times faster than median income and four-and-a-half times faster than inflation. The rapid increase in college costs and flat or reduced funding in student aid has resulted in sizable unmet need and has forced students -- particularly low-income students -- to borrow more, work more hours, take fewer courses, or in some cases, drop out altogether. Unmet need and student loan debt for students at high-cost institutions have attracted widespread public attention. Less attention has been paid to unmet need at community colleges, where 41 percent of all undergraduates living in poverty are enrolled, according to the most recent data available (2007-2008). http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Unmet-Need-Brief-041213-final-ab-2.pdf Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1231&list=publications CLASP's Early Childhood Education Update is a monthly roundup of news, legislative developments, research, and other developments of interest to the early care and education community. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1231&list=publications Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1230&list=publications In a single generation, our nation is faced with the prospect of losing over 132,000 black men and boys to gun violence. Moreover, for every black male who dies from gun violence, there are another 24 others who suffer non-fatal injuries - making the impacts of such violence even greater. In black communities, gun violence is about far more than reforming gun control laws and empowering law enforcement. Gun violence for young black males predominates in communities where residents live in concentrated disadvantage with high rates of unemployment, school dropout, and poverty. The absence of opportunities in these communities gives rise to criminal activity and the loss of too many young lives. Solving the crisis of gun violence in communities requires that America address the issue of concentrated poverty and geography. The rebuilding and strengthening of these communities through creating infrastructure to provide improved education and employment opportunities for black youth will significantly reduce issues of gun violence. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1230&list=publications Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1228&list=publications Getting Down to Business is a CLASP monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1228&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 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/SF-Implementation-Brief-FINAL.pdf Implementing a new law is always a complex process. But what happens when you are the first jurisdiction in the country to pass such a law? This was the unique challenge facing San Francisco when it passed the nation's first earned sick days law in 2006. The City and County government took on the challenge admirably, employing a variety of creative strategies to conduct outreach to the public, write meaningful rules, and ensure the law would be properly enforced. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/SF-Implementation-Brief-FINAL.pdf Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /postsecondary/publication?id=0762&list=publications This toolkit is designed to help interagency state teams identify and facilitate "braiding" of federal resources to design and develop career pathways and bridges into them for adults and out-of-school youth. The toolkit also will help state teams identify state policy barriers to using federal resources for career pathways and bridges and, ideally, address them. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0762&list=publications Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1239&list=publications A new paper from the National Transitional Jobs Network and CLASP provides strategies and makes recommendations on leveraging and blending multiple sources of funding to support subsidized employment programs. In addition to highlighting the opportunities to use block grant funding, from both TANF and Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the paper identifies efforts to fund these jobs by averting future expenses associated with prisons and other corrections measures and by leveraging public contracting and bidding opportunities. The webinar is also available. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1239&list=publications Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/A-Guide-for-HPOG-Programs-March-2013-Final.pdf Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors in our economy, and there are many jobs in this sector that require fewer than 4 years of college education, have high demand, and offer good pay. However, low-income workers often face barriers to accessing the education and training they need to enter these jobs, including lack of information, poor basic skills, confusing and poorly aligned training programs, cost of training, and need for supportive services, such as child care and transportation. The Heath Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG), authorized by section 5507 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA; Public Law 111-148), address this issue by supporting models for providing education, training, and support services to enable recipients of cash assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other low-income individuals to obtain well-paying jobs in high-demand healthcare occupations. The HPOG program is one of several provisions of ACA aimed at supporting training for the healthcare workforce of the future. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/A-Guide-for-HPOG-Programs-March-2013-Final.pdf Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Final-RADD-Exec-Summ-Feb-2013.pdf Funded as part of the Gates Foundation's Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery project, our paper focuses on two areas that have received scant attention from federal policymakers: tax-based student aid and the use of performance metrics in aid policy. IOur paper offers a range of policy options for consolidating the various tax-based aid provisions and better targeting this aid toward low- and modest-income families. We also propose piloting "real-time payment" of the American Opportunity Tax Credit to deliver this aid to students when they enroll, not just at tax time. Our ideas are backed by ten-year revenue estimates and distributional estimates from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Final-RADD-Exec-Summ-Feb-2013.pdf Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1220&list=publications CLASP's Early Childhood Education Update is a monthly roundup of news, legislative developments, research, and other developments of interest to the early care and education community. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1220&list=publications Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Final-RADD-WhitePaper-Feb-2013.pdf Our paper offers a range of policy options for consolidating the various tax-based aid provisions and better targeting this aid toward low- and modest-income families. We also propose piloting "real-time payment" of the American Opportunity Tax Credit to deliver this aid to students when they enroll, not just at tax time. Our ideas are backed by ten-year revenue estimates and distributional estimates from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. We've crafted our recommendations to be revenue neutral or modestly positive to respond to current budget realities, and we believe these proposals are timely, given the potential for tax reform in this Congress. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Final-RADD-WhitePaper-Feb-2013.pdf 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 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1215&list=publications Getting Down to Business is a CLASP monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1215&list=publications Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Certifications-Job-Quality-Advocates-Partners.pdf Increasingly, businesses are seeking out certifications as tools to assess their impact and verify that their practices are consistent with their values. For job quality advocates, who are increasingly recognizing the crucial role of business support in successful campaigns, both certifying organizations and certified businesses can be valuable partners. This issue brief provides job quality advocates with a primer on the nuts and bolts of the certification movement and suggests ways advocates can foster fruitful relationships between the movements. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Certifications-Job-Quality-Advocates-Partners.pdf Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Seattle-Sick-Days-Implementation-CLASP.pdf This issue brief draws upon Seattle's experience implementing its Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to delineate best practices for implementing such laws. Seattle passed its earned sick days law in September 2011. The task of implementation in Seattle fell to the city's Office for Civil Rights (SOCR). CLASP spoke with SOCR staff to learn about their innovative approaches to outreach, implementation, and enforcement. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Seattle-Sick-Days-Implementation-CLASP.pdf Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1170&list=publications This periodic update for the field is a part of CLASP's ongoing work to advance policy and practice that will dramatically improve the education, employment, and life outcomes for youth in communities of high youth distress. It highlights policy happenings in education, training and youth development that impact black male achievement. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1170&list=publications