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July 3, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

CLASP Outraged by Reconciliation Bill’s Unprecedented Harm, Ready to Respond

Our fight to ensure the dignity, security, and well-being of those who have been most marginalized is far from over, and CLASP is ready to meet the moment. 

June 20, 2025 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

The Senate’s Budget Reconciliation Bill is Bad for Children and Families

Families are already struggling with higher costs of living, and the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill will only increase the costs of health care, food, and everyday necessities. The bill's text affirms that at its core, this is legislation that will drain money from the families…

June 14, 2025 | News Clip | Alyssa Fortner

Michigan’s Tri Share program brings state, employers to the table

By  Mariah Thomas (EXCERPT) Alyssa Fortner works as a policy analyst for the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), a D.C.-based “nonpartisan, anti-poverty nonprofit advancing policy solutions to improve the lives of people with low incomes.” When it comes to child care, the center aims…

May 19, 2025 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

The real-world costs of eliminating Head Start

By Stephanie Schmit (op-ed) (EXCERPT) All of us want our kids to get a fair start in life. And for millions of American families, that start has come from the federal Head Start program. But unfortunately, President Donald Trump has frozen Head Start funds, laid…

May 6, 2025 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

Trump is trying to pay his way into a US baby boom. Experts say it won’t work

By Robin Buller (Excerpt) Stephanie Schmidt, the director of childcare and early education at the Center for Law and Social Policy, emphasized that the average cost of infant care in the US is $14,000 per year, with that number ticking up to closer to $25,000…

May 1, 2025 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

The Real World Costs of Eliminating Head Start

CLASP’s Stephanie Schmit authored an op-ed in OtherWords about what our country could look like without Head Start. It featured contributions from past Head Start students, parents, and educators to underscore the critical value of Head Start. >> Read the op-ed here

April 28, 2025 | Press Release | Cemeré James

New Tracker Documents DOGE’s Harms to Children, Families, People with Low Incomes

This tracker compiles and updates the harmful actions taken by the Trump Administration—particularly through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by unelected billionaire Elon Musk—to dismantle the federal government.

April 24, 2025 | event | Suma Setty

Suma Setty and Rachel Wilensky speaks with Partnership for Community Action in New Mexico

April 24 | Suma Setty and Rachel Wilensky spoke at a meeting organized by the Partnership for Community Action in New Mexico on immigration and safe space policies.

April 23, 2025 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

$19,961 a year for child care? No wonder parents are struggling.

By The Boston Globe (The Editorial Board) (Excerpt) “Stephanie Schmit, director of child care and early education at the Center for Law and Social Policy, a Washington, DC-based antipoverty nonprofit, said while the federal government gives states child-care grants, that money has never come close…

April 23, 2025 | Blog Post | Shira Small

Federal Cuts to Child Care and Head Start are an Attack on Families with Low Incomes

By Shira Small The Trump Administration’s cuts to federal child care and early education programs and staff are putting children, families, and the economy at risk. Children are already losing access to care, the remaining federal workforce is overburdened, child care providers are losing their…

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