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The pre-release Medicaid waiver is a major opportunity for states to close the health equity gap for formerly incarcerated individuals and help those leaving incarceration thrive in their home communities.

Insurance News Net shared CLASP’s May 3, 2024 statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of a final rule extending affordable health coverage to immigrant youth. Read here

CLASP urges Congress to reject this harmful legislation and for the Biden Administration to reverse course and stand up for immigrant communities. 

The Biden Administration’s public charge rule went into effect a year ago, on December 23, 2022. The rule was a major immigrants’ rights win.

With the end of pandemic-era protections for people insured by Medicaid, we’re learning more about states’ outcomes for Medicaid renewals.

Today’s U.S. Census Bureau report shows—once again—that poverty in the United States is a policy choice.

A CLASP/National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice fact sheet on abortion bans in immigrant communities was referenced in this article.

Education has been long established as a fundamental right for all in the United States. Yet immigrant children and children in immigrant families face challenges such as barriers to enrollment, language access issues, and fears related to immigration enforcement.

Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs provide care and support for farmworker families to help meet their unique needs. Every farmworker family should have access to these programs, but they are drastically underfunded and, as a result, only reach a small portion of eligible families.

In July 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) addressed the issue of low community participation in rulemaking with a memorandum encouraging federal agencies to look for “meaningful and equitable” opportunities for public input.