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May 31, 2023 | Blog Post

AAPI Heritage Month, Transcending the Myth

By encouraging me to work hard, keep my voice low, and head down, my parents were inadvertently encouraging me to assimilate into the white-dominated community that I grew up in. This assimilation was successful in the sense that I was a part of the model…

May 23, 2023 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

In Los Angeles, Mental Health Meets Workforce to Increase Access to Youth Peer Support

Innovations in Youth Mental Health By Nia West-Bey  Despite the unprecedented attention, we have yet to make a dent in the youth mental health crisis, particularly among young people from marginalized communities. Overall levels of anxiety and depression remain high. Federal policy efforts have been…

May 22, 2023 | Blog Post | Isha Weerasinghe

How Paid Leave Can Address Maternal Mental Health, Save Lives

Federal action to ensure all workers have access to paid family leave is critical to address the alarming rates of maternal mental health concerns.

May 17, 2023 | Blog Post

Expanding Double Up Bucks is Essential for Reducing Food Insecurity

With this year’s food prices predicted to increase by 7.9 percent, it is important that SNAP participants have access to Double Up Food Bucks and other federal programs that reduce hunger and improve healthy food access. 

May 10, 2023 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Work Requirements for Medicaid are Back on the Negotiating Table. They are Still a Terrible Idea. 

President Biden has rightfully pledged to not take away people’s health care or increase poverty as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. The administration must hold this line and reject any new work requirements for Medicaid, or increased work requirements for SNAP and TANF.

April 27, 2023 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

President Biden and Immigration: A Disconnect between Rhetoric and Policy

CLASP's recent analysis of three agencies within the Department of Homeland Security reveals a disconnect between the president’s rhetoric and priorities, which mirror the approach of his predecessor.

April 27, 2023 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

Expanding Dual Enrollment With Federal, State Support

Dual enrollment programs are arguably the largest available free college program in the country, and they represent a significant opportunity for the continued expansion of accessible and affordable postsecondary education.

April 25, 2023 | Blog Post | Ashley Burnside

SNAP Time Limits Can Reduce Access for Disabled People

Policymakers have threatened to implement policies that would make SNAP food benefits harder to access for certain groups, including the disabled community. 

April 24, 2023 | Blog Post | Ashley Burnside

Congress can address campus hunger by lifting SNAP’s college student work requirements 

The Farm Bill reauthorization provides an opportunity to make SNAP easier to access for college students by lifting these requirements.  

April 21, 2023 | Blog Post | Isha Weerasinghe

Congress must fund preventive approaches to mental health care  

Young people from underserved communities—namely people with Black, brown, disabled, and/or LGBTQ+ identities—prefer community-based programs and peer networks over formal mental health services delivered in clinical settings. 

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