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February 8, 2022 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP and Organizations Urge the Passage of BBB with a Pathway to Citizenship

CLASP is joined by over 70 national, state, and local organizations in calling on Senate Leadership and the Biden-Harris Administration to pass the Build Back Better (BBB) Act with a pathway to citizenship by any means possible, including by disregarding the parliamentarian’s opinion.

October 21, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Renato Rocha

DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0013; Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

By Renato Rocha and Elizabeth Lower-Basch

August 23, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Jessi Russell

CLASP Responds to Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard, Docket No. FR-6251-P-01

Standardized enforcement of the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA) long-held discriminatory effects liability is necessary to uncover policies and practices that have an unjustified discriminatory effect—regardless of intent—and legally require that the practice be replaced.

July 29, 2021 | Testimony/Comments

Letter to HHS to issue guidance that promotes youth mobile response models that do not involve law enforcement

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and 62 partner organizations urged the U.S.

July 16, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Parker Gilkesson

CLASP Responds to Identifying Barriers in USDA Programs and Services; Advancing Racial Justice and Equity and Support for Underserved Communities at USDA, Docket No. USDA-2021-0006

By Parker Gilkesson

July 14, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Jessi Russell

CLASP Responds to Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications, Docket No. FR- 6249-I-01 or HUD-2021-0031

CLASP commends the Biden Administration and HUD's decision to effectively restore all definitions associated with affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) that were codified in the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and subsequent court decisions.

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 

May 5, 2021 | Testimony/Comments

Letter to Congress to include an equity-centered national subsidized employment program in the American Jobs Act

CLASP joined Heartland Alliance, the National Youth Employment Coalition and nearly 100 national and local organizations calling on Congress to include an equity-centered national subsidized employment program as a part of the forthcoming recovery package as recommended by President Biden in his American Jobs Plan. 

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. 

January 29, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Molly Bashay

CLASP Recommendations regarding National Apprenticeship Act Reauthorization

In this letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, CLASP presents recommendations to promote high-quality apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships to ensure that students with low incomes, students of c

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