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September 27, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

Statement on the Record: Ways and Means Hearing on Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): States’ Misuse of Welfare Funds Leaves Poor Families Behind

CLASP submits statement for record on TANF and prioritizes targeting funds toward cash assistance for families with very low incomes.

January 3, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

Public Comment in response to “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process: Including How We Consider Past Work”

By Ashley Burnside CLASP is writing in response to the “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process: Including How We Consider Past Work.” CLASP supports this proposed rule because it would reduce the administrative burden for applicants of the Supplemental Security…

January 3, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Docket No. SSA-2023-0015 Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household

By Ashley Burnside CLASP submitted a comment to proposed rulemaking to Acting Commissioner Kijakazi in response to “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household.” CLASP supports that this rule would simplify the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility process for recipients,…

December 5, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

CLASP Issues Public Comment Re: Proposed Rule: Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program

By Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Ashley Burnside: We support the proposed rule and believe it is well-formulated to curtail misuse of TANF funds on services and programs that are not reaching “needy” individuals or that do not accomplish one of TANF’s statutory purposes. The proposed rule…

July 31, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

Letter to CFPB Urging Protections for EBT Accounts

Multiple anti-hunger and consumer protection organizations sent this letter to Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, urging the CFPB to include Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) accounts to be covered under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

July 13, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

25 Years of Progress for Children

CLASP President and Executive Director Indivar Dutta-Gupta testified to the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Taxation and Oversight about the Child Tax Credit, its history and track record, and what Congress should do now.

May 9, 2023 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Supports Proposed Rule to Lower Community Eligibility Provision

CLASP supports the USDA’s proposed rule to lower the Community Eligibility Provision from 40 percent to 25 percent ISP, which is expected to create the opportunity for an additional 9 million students to have access to free school meals.

October 28, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Testimony for Mississippi State Legislative Hearing on TANF

On October 18, 2022, Deputy Executive Director of Policy Elizabeth Lower-Basch provided testimony to Mississippi’s State Legislature on potential reforms to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

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

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 

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