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…
By Rainesford Stauffer Excerpt: Experts stress that America has the resources to make life more affordable. And frequently, communities are fighting for those solutions themselves, from movements for student-debt cancellation or student loan forgiveness to tenants organizing to fight for affordable housing or needed repairs. Developing policy…
Join the United Planning Organization (UPO) for a policy forum on how TANF cash assistance supports DC families, the harm of this year’s planned cuts, and strategies to protect children. CLASP’s Ashley Burnside will discuss DC TANF’s history, past improvements, and how recent changes could…
In addition to documenting the harms of this past year, this report offers an overview of responsive actions taken by communities, policymakers, and courts to withstand and counter the administration's constant attacks on children, families, and workers. It also provides ways that individuals and communities can…
TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which was broadly known as welfare. But unlike its predecessor, TANF is a fixed block grant to states — with an annual allocation of $16.5 billion annually since its inception. That means inflation has taken…
“We can’t talk about affordability in this moment without naming the huge health care costs that families are now facing because of the expiration of the premium tax credits,” said Ashley Burnside of CLASP.
Wendy Cervantes was quoted about the proposed "public charge" rule: “If the traumatic raids that separate families weren’t enough, this rule could force millions of immigrant families to choose between meeting their children’s needs, such as taking them to the doctor or putting food on…
By John Kelly (EXCERPT) The initiation of the pilot was surely born of advocacy for a more progressive approach to evaluating TANF that does not look at workforce as the only possible successful outcome of the support. Here is the Center for Law and Social…
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 | 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…