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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…

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. 

May 26, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Matthews

Child Care in Peril: How COVID-19 Is Pushing this Essential Sector to the Brink of Collapse

Testimony of Hannah Matthews to the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee's Member Briefing, May 26, 2020.

April 17, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Matthews

CLASP Comments on Considerations for Additional Measures of Poverty

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is grateful for the opportunity to comment on considerations for additional measures of poverty to inform the work of the Interagency Technical Working Group on Evaluating Alternative Measures of Povert

April 8, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Rosa M. García

COVID-19 Postsecondary Education Requests for Fourth Economic Stimulus Package

This letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Education and Labor Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee details CLASP's postsecondary education requests in any additional round of coronavirus-related stimulus funding.

March 13, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Darrel Thompson

CLASP Comments on HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Proposed Rule

CLASP wrote comments on HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing proposed rule.

March 11, 2020 | Testimony/Comments

COVID-19 Child Care Stimulus Request Letter to Congress

On March 11, 2020 CLASP and 35 other organizations sent this letter to Congress to highlight the specific needs of child care and early learning programs operating in all states and across all settings.

November 26, 2019 | Testimony/Comments | Parker Gilkesson

CLASP Comments on SNAP Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances

CLASP submitted comments on the proposed rule concerning the standardization of state heating and cooling standard utility allowances for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

June 21, 2019 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Matthews

CLASP Comments on Proposed Changes to the Official Poverty Measure

In response to a proposed change to how the federal government sets the Official Poverty Measure, CLASP submitted the following comments to the Office of Management and Budget.

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