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June 20, 2025 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

The Senate’s Budget Reconciliation Bill is Bad for Children and Families

Families are already struggling with higher costs of living, and the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill will only increase the costs of health care, food, and everyday necessities. The bill's text affirms that at its core, this is legislation that will drain money from the families…

May 21, 2025 | event | Ashley Burnside

Restoring Re-Entry Support: Lifting Texas’ TANF Ban for Those Formerly Incarcerated

May 21 | Ashley Burnside will be a panelist on “Restoring Re-Entry Support: Lifting Texas’ TANF Ban for Those Formerly Incarcerated,” an online conversation convened by What We All Deserve the history of TANF bans for previously incarcerated people, and why lifting the ban is so…

April 28, 2025 | Press Release | Cemeré James

New Tracker Documents DOGE’s Harms to Children, Families, People with Low Incomes

This tracker compiles and updates the harmful actions taken by the Trump Administration—particularly through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by unelected billionaire Elon Musk—to dismantle the federal government.

March 14, 2025 | Press Release | Ashley Burnside

Cancellation of TANF Pilots Precludes Metrics-Based Innovation in Five States

This statement can be attributed to Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)  Washington, DC, March 13, 2025—CLASP is disappointed to see the cancellation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) pilots in five states previously approved…

January 14, 2025 | News Clip | Ashley Burnside

Biden Withdraws New Rules on Federal Welfare Funds

By John Kelly (EXCERPT) “We are disappointed that the proposed TANF rule did not become law, but are hopeful that lawmakers will continue promoting policies to help TANF cash assistance reach the families who need it,” said Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst with the Public Benefits…

August 22, 2024 | News Clip | Ashley Burnside

Rule-a-palooza! Temporary Assistance for Needy Families with Ashley Burnside

By the Imprint Weekly Podcast, Over the summer, The Imprint Weekly Podcast will feature episodes with subject matter experts to talk about several new rules and regulations issued by the Biden administration in the past year. On this week’s episode, Ashley Burnside of the Center…

August 22, 2024 | Blog Post | Ashley Burnside

New TANF Pilot Allows States to Help Families Achieve Their Goals in Place of Outdated Work Measure

This new pilot represents one important step in turning TANF into a program that adequately reaches families and effectively supports them in times of financial emergencies.

June 28, 2024 | Press Release | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Supreme Court’s Decisions Imperil Expertise-Based Policymaking

Because countless federal regulations support people with low incomes, these Supreme Court decisions on agency rulemaking have the potential to significantly affect their lives. 

February 13, 2024 | Blog Post | Priya Pandey

Cash Assistance is a Critical Part of Reproductive Justice 

Rx Kids, an exciting new program in Flint, Michigan for pregnant people and newborns, began enrollment in January 2023. The first city-wide maternal and infant cash prescription program in the nation, it will provide every pregnant Flint resident with a one-time payment of $1,500 followed…

November 6, 2023 | News Clip | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Proposed Welfare Rule Change May Alter State Scholarship Funding Practices

By  Jessica Blake EXCERPT: “It’s clear that a significant amount of what states do can still continue under the rules,” said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, deputy executive director for policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy, which advocates for government policies that help low-income people. “There…

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