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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.…

March 23, 2020 | Fact Sheet | Rebecca Ullrich

Ensuring Young Children Have Healthy Meals During the Coronavirus Pandemic

This factsheet explores the nutrition provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Families First includes several important provisions that will help parents and caregivers keep food on the table during this crisis,

August 1, 2018 | Fact Sheet

Building Blocks Out of Poverty

Basic needs programs provide core supports that help low-income people immediately and shape positive impacts long term. But current threats and bad proposals would undermine these programs.

April 20, 2018 | Fact Sheet

Proposed House Farm Bill Would Harm Workers, Bring Back “Cliff Effects”

While Broad Based Categorical Eligibility can strengthen SNAP’s work incentive effect, the 2018 farm bill effectively eliminates BBCE (except for some households under very narrow conditions).

March 22, 2018 | Fact Sheet

Threats to Pell in House Budget Proposal are Ungrounded, Unfair and Misguided

The House FY 2013 Budget Resolution released this week by budget committee Chairman Paul Ryan makes vague but undeniable threats to the Pell Grant program, proposing to limit funding and further tighten eligibility requirements. The premises for these threats--that Pell is on an unsustainable path…

February 15, 2018 | Fact Sheet | Lauren Walizer

Trump’s Budget Further Harms Vulnerable Students and Job-Seekers

This fact sheet summarizes the Departments of Labor and Education proposals in the 2019 President's Budget, emphasizing cuts made to critical job training and postsecondary student aid programs for low-income individuals.

December 12, 2017 | Fact Sheet | Hannah Matthews

Democratic Proposal Would Expand Child Care Assistance to Nearly 230,000 Children

This fact sheet analyzes the federal spending priorities that Senator Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Warren (D-MA) outlined on December 8, 2017. Their proposal would support hard-working families by significantly increasing funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). 

November 15, 2017 | Fact Sheet

200+ Groups Sign Letter Saying GOP Tax Plans Hurt Immigrant Children

More than 200 organizations have joined together to urge Congress to reject the GOP tax plans that would harm immigrant children and their families. We urge Congress to do the right thing and stop efforts to fund tax cuts on the backs of children and working…

November 15, 2017 | Fact Sheet

Tax​ ​Hike​ ​on​ ​Immigrant​ ​Families​ ​Would​ ​Drive​ ​Up​ ​Child​ ​Poverty

This fact sheet by CLASP and the National Immigration Law Center describes the harm that the Republican tax proposals would have on immigrants and their families. To learn more, read this fact sheet by Carrie Welton.

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