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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 28, 2025 | Press Release | Cemeré James

Latest Round of HHS Cuts Will Further Harm Children, Families & People with Low Incomes

CLASP decries the cuts announced yesterday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These reductions will affect mental health, disabled people, rural communities, vaccines for children, and community health workers who address inequities for people across the lifespan, among others.

July 24, 2024 | Blog Post | Juliana Zhou

States Use New Medicaid Option to Ease Transition for People Leaving Incarceration

The pre-release Medicaid waiver is a major opportunity for states to close the health equity gap for formerly incarcerated individuals and help those leaving incarceration thrive in their home communities.

March 19, 2024 | Blog Post | Deanie Anyangwe

Are We Listening? Youth Mental Health Challenges are Rooted in Community Violence

Policymakers must adopt a more nuanced understanding of the roles systemic divestment, place-based disadvantage, anti-Black racism, racial capitalism, mass criminalization and other critical factors have in driving community violence.

June 28, 2023 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Why Pride Month Is Especially Important This Year

This Pride Month let’s take action by joining our LGBTQIA+ friends in helping to create the just, inclusive, and equitable world that every one of us deserves.

May 23, 2023 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

In Los Angeles, Mental Health Meets Workforce to Increase Access to Youth Peer Support

Innovations in Youth Mental Health By Nia West-Bey  Despite the unprecedented attention, we have yet to make a dent in the youth mental health crisis, particularly among young people from marginalized communities. Overall levels of anxiety and depression remain high. Federal policy efforts have been…

April 21, 2023 | Blog Post | Isha Weerasinghe

Congress must fund preventive approaches to mental health care  

Young people from underserved communities—namely people with Black, brown, disabled, and/or LGBTQ+ identities—prefer community-based programs and peer networks over formal mental health services delivered in clinical settings. 

January 22, 2023 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Loss of Roe Causing Dire Impacts on People with Low Income and People of Color

Last June, the Supreme Court of the United States eliminated the constitutional protection of the right to abortion, decimating access to reproductive health care and jeopardizing health, lives, and economic security. We are now seeing these predicted harms playing out in real time.

August 24, 2022 | Report/Brief | Kayla Tawa

Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis Through Equitable School-Based Services

This fact sheet discusses the importance and effectiveness of providing school-based health services—especially for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled young people.

June 25, 2022 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Safer Communities Act May Improve Mental Health for Some, But More Support Needed for Black and Brown Youth

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will bring needed investments to address the youth mental health crisis, which disproportionately impacts young people of color who lack access to appropriate care.  However, reflexively attributing gun violence to mental health challenges furthers a counterproductive narrative that stigmatizes young people…

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