Giving charitable donations to families who don’t need them is troubling as it comes when inflation is high, and the administration is slashing funding for social services and other supports that many families rely on, said Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for…
Today’s participation numbers are an urgent warning that access is eroding. Before making additional cuts, we owe families something much simpler: the commitment to understand why they are disappearing from these programs and to remove the barriers keeping them from the care they deserve. The…
On July 14, Ashley Burnside spoke at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference about the affordability crisis
“For Pennsylvania, the approximate 2028 cost shift amount based on the FY 2025 error rate is $410 million,” said Teon Hayes, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. “However, the actual cost shift amount will depend on each state’s FY 2025…
July 4th will mark one year since Congress passed and Donald Trump signed into law the Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025, which included the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in the programs’ histories and prioritized funding to separate immigrant families and give tax breaks…
This event has already happened. Please see the full recording, learn more about the speakers, and find a list of resources below. On June 25, 2026, the latest installment of CLASP’s Equity Matters series focused on how racism shapes fraud narratives of public benefits programs…
“We are experiencing an affordability crisis, and, unfortunately, people who are relying on public benefits are hit even harder. We’re no longer talking about just the price of eggs and milk. We’re talking about families struggling to afford basic living expenses," said Teon Hayes of…
U.S. intervention in foreign countries can have long-lasting and irrevocable consequences, both here and abroad. Since the Trump Administration launched military strikes in Iran on February 28, the human and economic toll has been high.