By removing those protections, the final rule creates confusion and uncertainty that will most likely discourage many immigrant families from seeking health care, nutrition assistance, housing supports, and other essential services.
By Emma Gallegos Excerpt: “The kids that are in detention in these facilities, they’re losing their childhoods every single day that they’re in there,” said Wendy Cervantes, who oversees research and advocacy of immigrant families at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Law and Social Policy.…
By Stephen Dinan Excerpt: The Center for Law and Social Policy, which filed comments opposing the new rule, said parents may also forgo care for their children. “We have seen this chilling effect before. The result is that children miss out on the care and services…
By CLASP and the National Women’s Law Center 530A accounts, also known as Trump Accounts, were established last summer through the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1. Beginning on July 4, 2026, families and loved ones can open 530A accounts on behalf of their children. The…
“For Pennsylvania, the approximate 2028 cost shift amount based on the FY 2025 error rate is $410 million,” said Teon Hayes, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. “However, the actual cost shift amount will depend on each state’s FY 2025…
If implemented, the OMB proposed revisions would create significant financial risk and instability for federal grantees, making it more difficult to provide vital services to communities.
The Child Care Modernization Act would weaken key protections, fail to raise provider pay, add no new funding, and could reduce families’ access to care.
The Center for Law and Social Policy, CLASP, a liberal anti-poverty advocacy organization, released the reports Thursday, April 16 after interviewing dozens of people last year across seven states including Michigan. The interviews were conducted from July through November with 56 immigrant parents of young…
This brief, part of the TANF 101 series, provides in-depth information on cash assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant.
July 4th will mark one year since Congress passed and Donald Trump signed into law the Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025, which included the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in the programs’ histories and prioritized funding to separate immigrant families and give tax breaks…