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May 19, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Moms Equal Pay Day, Families Over Billionaires, How Medicaid Lifts Rural Moms & Families

Wendy Cervantes was a guest on Breaking Through, a podcast hosted by founder of MomsRising Kristen Rowe-Finkbeiner. The episode, “Moms Equal Pay Day, Families Over Billionaires, How Medicaid Lifts Rural Moms & Families,” discusses how the Trump administration is using tax dollars for human rights…

May 19, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Why U.S. citizen children sent with their deported moms can’t come back easily

By Suzanne Gamboa and Carmen Sesin (Excerpt) “Generally, parents are more willing to allow older U.S. citizen children, more so than younger children, to remain in the U.S., said Wendy Cervantes, director of immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy, an anti-poverty…

May 16, 2025 | Blog Post | Ashley Burnside

House Ways & Means Reconciliation Proposal Forsakes Everyday People to Benefit the Wealthy

These proposals will deepen income inequality, make it harder for people to access benefits they contribute to, and reward wealthy Americans and corporations at a time when everyday Americans are struggling.

May 16, 2025 | Blog Post | Teon Hayes

Reconciliation Changes to SNAP Would Disproportionately Harm Black and Brown Communities and Families with Low Incomes

The proposed changes largely restrict access, tighten eligibility, and shift administrative costs from the federal government to the states. If enacted, this will amount to the largest cut in the program's history.

May 12, 2025 | Blog Post | Wendy Cervantes

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship EO: What’s at Stake for Children?

The Trump birthright citizenship executive order could strip millions of U.S.-born children of citizenship. Learn about the legal, social, and economic implications.

May 7, 2025 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

House Judiciary Committee’s Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Immigrant Families and U.S. Citizen Children

This legislation would significantly increase the authority of ICE; expand detention facilities, including family detention facilities; and impose exorbitant fees for immigrants who are trying to stay in or adjust their status in the United States.

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 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…

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