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September 22, 2021 | Report/Brief | Christine Johnson-Staub

Supporting Mental Health Policies and Practices through the American Rescue Plan

Christine Johnson-Staub and Isha Weerasinghe offer a set of principles policymakers and other stakeholders can consider as they implement ARPA’s mental health provisions.

September 10, 2021 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

Recommendations to Increase Program Participation by Coordinating Outreach and Enrollment Opportunities

Public benefit programs such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and refundable tax credits like the Child Tax Credit provide critical supports to help people meet their basic needs, but too often, individuals and families are…

August 3, 2021 | Report/Brief | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Understanding State Contexts for Benefit Administration

The U.S. core benefit programs are operated with substantial federal funding and oversight, but with extensive variation at the local level. As a result, there is a significant difference in the experience of a low-income person seeking assistance depending on where they live.

December 22, 2020 | Report/Brief

Advocacy in the Dark: A Pennsylvania Case Study on Advocating to Improve Technology that Drives Eligibility Decisions

This paper describes how Pennsylvania advocates tackled one manifestation of this problem: a very low rate of automated Medicaid renewals. Advocates can use the strategies we found effective to lift barriers facing people enrolled in other public programs. This brief was written as part of…

December 22, 2020 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

Using Administrative Advocacy to Improve Access to Public Benefits

Three new policy briefs written by our partners in New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania can help state advocates across the country better understand the leverage points for improving the administration of Medicaid and SNAP.

October 14, 2020 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

Advancing Equity in Maternal Mental Health: Strategies for State Medicaid Programs

By Dr. Kimá Taylor, Mental Health Advisory Board, and Isha Weerasinghe, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) 

June 15, 2020 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

Medicaid Financing: Dangers of Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Summary and Full Report

Any discussion about strengthening Medicaid should build on this current successful foundation rather than threatening states' financial stability—and patients' health and well-being—with drastic changes to the program's financing and structure.

September 12, 2019 | Report/Brief

CLASP Helps Lead Amicus Brief on Public Charge Rule

On September 12, CLASP along with the National Housing Law Project and the Food Research & Action Center, and more than 20 other groups, filed an amicus brief in several cases opposing the Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule. The amicus brief argues that the Public…

September 11, 2019 | Report/Brief | Hannah Matthews

Children and Families in Trouble: Census Data Show Declining Health Coverage and Enduring Poverty

New Census data on poverty and health insurance reveal troubling signs for people with low incomes.

May 7, 2019 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

Stopping Medicaid Work Requirements: A Guide to Advocacy Strategies

Recently, CMS issued guidance detailing criteria states should consider if they want to implement proposals to take away health coverage from individuals who do not meet new work requirements. The product of a partnership between CLASP and Community Catalyst, this memo focuses on strategies to…

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