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.
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…
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…
By striking down Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, the Court has protected the longstanding principle that children born in this country are entitled to the rights and protections of U.S. citizenship regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
At CLASP, we’ve long known that when paid leave goes away, people experiencing health crises return to work before they’re ready, delay treatment, or leave the workforce entirely.
Harmful and false narratives about people who use basic needs programs emerged in the 1900s and continue to influence policymaking to this day, including the idea of “welfare fraud.” Policymakers interested in limiting government spending have long alleged that basic needs programs are riddled with…
Narrowing the joint employment standard at a moment when the traditional employer-employee relationship is increasingly rare will severely limit workers’ access to vital statutory rights, including minimum wage, overtime pay, and job-protected leave.
On June 15, Diane Harris spoke at the EARN in the South Paid Leave Working Group about her report “Inaccessible and Costly: Southern Workers’ Experiences with Paid Leave.”