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January 12, 2023 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Mental Health Wins Undermined for Black and Brown Youth

This brief provides an overview of the key mental health provisions in the act, gives a timeline of expected implementation, and offers recommendations for mental health policies that center equity.

January 12, 2023 | Report/Brief | Deanie Anyangwe

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: A Dangerous New Chapter in the War on Black Youth

This brief offers context on the youth criminalization crisis in the United States. We then outline a series of harmful elements in the BSCA.

January 10, 2023 | Fact Sheet | Alycia Hardy

CCDBG FY 2023 State-by-State Appropriations Distribution Estimates and Increases

On Thursday, December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (also known as the “omnibus bill[i]”). The appropriation for fiscal year (FY) 2023 included more than $8 billion in total annual discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development…

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Young Adults

Expanding EITC for Young Adults  The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) temporarily expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility for the 2021 tax year to young workers (19-24) who don’t have dependent children and increased the maximum credit from $542 to $1,502.  This EITC expansion…

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Working People

Providing Income to Unemployed Workers  Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance—enacted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—helped people unable to work due to the pandemic. This included self-employed workers, those seeking part-time employment, or people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for regular unemployment benefits.…

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Children & Families

Expanding the Child Tax Credit  In 2021, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 1 million children under 6 and nearly 2 million children between 6 and 17 out of poverty, when using the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The expanded CTC, which disproportionately benefitted Black and Hispanic…

November 29, 2022 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

State Opportunities to Provide Health Care Coverage for Child Care Professionals

Like other workers with low incomes, child care workers often lack access to affordable coverage options. States have policy options available to ensure affordable health coverage for low-income workers, including child care professionals.

November 23, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Alycia Hardy

CLASP urges U.S. Department of Education to strengthen Public Service Loan Forgiveness program regulations

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…

September 14, 2022 | Report/Brief | Priya Pandey

Historic 2021 Decline in Child Poverty Proves Effectiveness of Federal Investments

The release of 2021 poverty and health insurance coverage data from the U.S. Census Bureau demonstrates how government action in response to the pandemic stabilized households, uplifted millions of people from poverty, and brought uninsurance rates to historic lows.

September 7, 2022 | Report/Brief

Relocating Reentry: Divesting from Community Supervision, Investing in “Community Repair”

Based on our conversations with stakeholders and an extensive scan of policy developments at the state and national levels, this report offers recommendations for harm reduction and systems transformation of community supervision.

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