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June 9, 2022 | Report/Brief | Whitney Bunts

EITC for Childless Workers: What’s at Stake for Young Workers

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the United States’ most effective antipoverty programs. This brief highlights the EITC eligibility criteria for young workers.

April 26, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

CLASP Responds to Proposed Rulemaking, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0013

Our immigration policies should not discourage immigrants and their family members from seeking physical or mental health care, nutrition, or housing benefits for which they are eligible. Extensive evidence demonstrates that the 2019 public charge rule generated widespread fear and confusion that caused immigrant families…

April 21, 2022 | Report/Brief | Ashley Burnside

The Expanded Child Tax Credit is Helping Families, But National Survey Shows Continued Outreach Remains Essential

For the CTC to have its full impact policy makers must do more to ensure that all eligible families are able to access it.

April 19, 2022 | Report/Brief | Darrel Thompson

No More Double Punishments: Lifting the Ban on SNAP and TANF for People with Prior Felony Drug Convictions

In many states, people with drug-related felony convictions are banned from SNAP and TANF. This impedes successful reentry.

April 6, 2022 | Fact Sheet | Ashley Burnside

El Crédito Tributario por Hijos y las Familias con Estatus Migratorio Mixto

>> Leer la traducción en Inglés / Read the English translation   *Noviembre de 2021*

March 16, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Individual Taxpayer Identification Number Fact Sheet (Spanish)

Este documento informativo de UnidosUS, NILC, y CLASP provee información sobre como aplicar para un Número de Identificación Personal del Contribuyente (ITIN, por sus siglas en inglés).

March 9, 2022 | Fact Sheet | Suzanne Wikle

Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement FAQ

In this FAQ, we break down what all key stakeholders—advocates, administrators, and enrollees—need to know about the unwinding of Medicaid’s continuous coverage requirement. 

March 3, 2022 | Report/Brief | Parker Gilkesson

SNAP “Program Integrity:” How Racialized Fraud Provisions Criminalize Hunger

This brief explores the damage of criminalizing hunger through charging SNAP recipients with Intentional Program Violations (IPVs). It lists equitable, anti-racist solutions that shift the focus from fraud and program integrity to dismantling systemic, historical, and structural inequities that exacerbate hunger, while at the same…

March 3, 2022 | Report/Brief | Parker Gilkesson

Executive Summary: SNAP “Program Integrity”

CLASP takes on the racialized history behind SNAP fraud, details the significant damage caused by efforts to “rein in” this perceived problem, and offers policy recommendations for reversing the harm.

March 3, 2022 | Fact Sheet | Parker Gilkesson

Know Your Rights about “Intentional Program Violations”

Have you been accused of fraud in the SNAP program? If so, this “Know Your Rights” fact sheet may be helpful for you.

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