CLASP urges Congress to reject the budget, protect Head Start, and prioritize the country’s health and stability over the Trump Administration’s relentless efforts to dismantle vital programs under the guise of cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. These cuts will hurt real people and make life…
April 11, 2025 – Washington, D.C. – The Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) announced today that it has chosen Wendy Chun-Hoon as the organization’s next president and executive director. She will assume leadership of the national anti-poverty and…
With this measure, Congressional leaders are attempting to fund tax breaks for the rich and corporations and drive up the deficit through massive Medicaid cuts of $880 billion and SNAP cuts of $230 billion. The proposal would also slash other public benefit programs that people…
CLASP recognizes this action as the gravest attack on workers in a generation. We stand in solidarity with our union partners and urge members of Congress and federal judges to use their authority to protect federal workers.
CLASP decries the cuts announced yesterday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These reductions will affect mental health, disabled people, rural communities, vaccines for children, and community health workers who address inequities for people across the lifespan, among others.
Closing ED will disproportionately harm students of color and children with disabilities, instill fear in immigrant students, and reverse decades of progress in enhancing civil rights protections for all students.
This statement can be attributed to Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Washington, DC, March 13, 2025—CLASP is disappointed to see the cancellation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) pilots in five states previously approved…
The action is particularly concerning because of the impact on marginalized and vulnerable student populations. Public school systems that rely on federal spending will face increased difficulty in continuing to educate students.
The proposed rule makes clear that this administration will continue to waste time on policies that hurt our families, communities, and collective well-being rather than working to actually make the United States healthier.