Congress should prioritize repealing the SNAP felony ban by passing the RESTORE Act and ensuring the repeal is included in the Farm Bill reauthorization.
This statement can be attributed to Indivar Dutta-Gupta, President and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy Washington, D.C., March 9, 2022—President Biden released his FY 2024 budget today, outlining his priorities for federal investments in the health, wellbeing, and economic security…
For years, there has been a consistent outcry for gun control and other measures to keep the people of this nation safe. However, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act does not do that.
The just-passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes important and long-overdue investments to help restore fairness in our tax system, reduce health care costs, and address the climate crisis.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will bring needed investments to address the youth mental health crisis, which disproportionately impacts young people of color who lack access to appropriate care. However, reflexively attributing gun violence to mental health challenges furthers a counterproductive narrative that stigmatizes young people…
“According to the Center for Law and Social Policy, today, mass incarceration policies, barriers in the child welfare system, and economic inequality resulting in higher levels of unemployment are a few of the main structural barriers that disproportionately harm Black families."
The Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) announces that it has chosen Indivar “Indi” Dutta-Gupta as its next executive director.
CMS released guidance on the structure of community-based mobile crisis intervention. This blog details how those practices can be implemented and the benefit they have to communities.