CLASP and other national partners organized a sign-on letter and submitted comments on the NPRM to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on February 4, 2026.
CLASP writes in opposition to the harmful new interpretation the Department of Health and Human Services is taking in regard to the definition of a “Federal public benefit” under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
CLASP comments on the proposed changes to the ACF-801: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Quarterly Case-Level Report and urges the Office of Child Care in the Administration for Children and Families to provide more publicly available CCDF data. >> Read the comment here.
CLASP comments on the proposed changes to the ACF-800: Child Care and Development Annual Aggregate Report and urges the Office of Child Care in the Administration for Children and Families to provide more publicly available CCDF data. >> Read the comments here.
By Karen Schulman, Director of State Child Care Policy, NWLC, at Tiffany Ferrette, Senior Policy Analyst, Child Care and Early Education CLASP, in collaboration with NWLC, responded to a public comment about the update to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan Preprint for…
By Alycia Hardy CLASP submits Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Office of Head Start to urge better wages and benefits for Head Start teachers, comprehensive mental health care, and quality improvements across the system. >>Read the full comments here
By Alyssa Fortner CLASP comments on the CACFP provisions within the “Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. >> Read full comments
CLASP submits this comment urging the U.S. Department of Education to revise and strengthen the regulations of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to ensure that all early childhood educators working in licensed, regulated, and registered settings—including for-profit and non-profit settings and family child…