This brief examines CCDF's history, funding structure, eligibility requirements, and participation trends, while highlighting persistent gaps in access for eligible families and declines in provider participation.
Giving charitable donations to families who don’t need them is troubling as it comes when inflation is high, and the administration is slashing funding for social services and other supports that many families rely on, said Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for…
This report, drafted by CLASP, reviews the context for how the workgroup was initiated, outlines the feedback that was elicited in the workgroup, offers considerations and insights from CLASP based on the workgroup’s feedback, and documents the work materials from the group.
Wendy Cervantes of the Center for Law and Social Policy said uncertainty about immigration consequences often causes eligible families to avoid essential programmes. “Research has consistently shown that when families fear immigration consequences, many avoid services that they or their children are eligible for, putting…
Today’s participation numbers are an urgent warning that access is eroding. Before making additional cuts, we owe families something much simpler: the commitment to understand why they are disappearing from these programs and to remove the barriers keeping them from the care they deserve. The…
By Suzanne Blake Excerpt: Many non-labor organizations and advocacy groups have endorsed the proposal as well, including the Economic Policy Institute, National Urban League, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and Patriotic Millionaires. Read the Newsweek article here.
Labor programs within carceral facilities are inherently coercive, and reports indicate that immigrant ICE detainees are forced into intensive manual labor for as little as $0.13 an hour.
Por Diego Barahona A. Excerpt: Diversas investigaciones muestran que los niños presentan cambios preocupantes en su comportamiento cuando hay operativos migratorios en sus comunidades. Padres y educadores reportan un aumento en conductas como agresividad, ansiedad por separación y aislamiento emocional, especialmente entre los menores que viven…