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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.…

July 28, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

A Social Protection System that Works for All of Us: Economic Security as the Foundation for Economic Opportunity

Indivar Dutta-Gupta, President and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth Hearing on: Building a Modern Economic Foundation: Economic Security and Income Support for 21st Century…

May 19, 2022 | Report/Brief | Kathy Tran

How House-Passed WIOA Reauthorization Would Change Youth Programs

This brief outlines key changes to current law in the House WIOA bill for youth workforce programs that was passed on May 17, 2022.

September 16, 2021 | Report/Brief

CLASP 2020-2021 Impact Report

We are delighted to share this summary of CLASP's impact on behalf of families with low incomes and communities of color at a time of extraordinary need and opportunity.

July 7, 2021 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Responds to Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through Government, OMB Doc. No. 2021-09109

By CLASP, the Community Partnership Group (CPG), and New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) Changemakers 

April 30, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Duy Pham

Letter to Congress to ensure youth and adults impacted by the criminal legal system are a priority in the American Jobs plan.

CLASP joined over 90 state, local and national criminal justice, workforce development, antipoverty, and racial equity organizations in calling for Congress to ensure youth and adults impacted by the criminal legal system remain a priority in the American Jobs Plan. 

April 15, 2021 | Report/Brief | Hannah Matthews

Securing an Equitable Recovery

A robust, equitable, inclusive economic recovery must include investment in good jobs for all, the care economy, income supports, and mental health; a pathway to citizenship for immigrant workers;  and it must center those who have been historically disinvested in.

October 14, 2020 | Report/Brief | Molly Bashay

CLASP Principles for Subsidized Employment: Building an Equitable Recovery for Workers and Families

This brief argues for a large-scale public employment program to react against a structurally racist and exclusionary labor market. It then lays out five principles of an equitable subsidized jobs program.

October 5, 2020 | Report/Brief | Asha Banerjee

Fighting Austerity for Racial and Economic Justice

In this brief, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) spells out why federal fiscal relief is imperative for states to avoid harsh spending cuts that will have severe consequences on communities of color and the economic recovery.

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