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June 3, 2024 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

CLASP Announces Launch of TYP Collaborative, a Youth-Focused Advocacy Organization

CLASP is pleased to announce the spinoff and launch of a new youth-focused nonprofit that builds upon two decades of youth policy work: The National Collaborative for Transformative Youth Policy.

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.

November 30, 2023 | News Clip | Clarence Okoh

AI is supercharging child surveillance and the school-to-prison pipeline

An op-ed written by Clarence Okoh about artificial intelligence and surveillance in schools appeared in The Hill.

August 28, 2023 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

Are We Listening? Youth Mental Health Challenges are Rooted in Young Adult Poverty Rates

Youth mental health needs existed before the pandemic; indeed, while these needs were clearly growing for years there has long been a mismatch between the level of need and the services available.

August 15, 2023 | Blog Post

Rectifying Past Wrongs: the Biden Administration’s Limited Progress in Drug Decriminalization

I earnestly hope that President Biden’s commitment to ending racial disparities in our court & prison systems isn't simply political theater but a true promise to repair the legacy of the War on Drugs for those who look like me.

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.

April 27, 2023 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

Expanding Dual Enrollment With Federal, State Support

Dual enrollment programs are arguably the largest available free college program in the country, and they represent a significant opportunity for the continued expansion of accessible and affordable postsecondary education.

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. 

April 12, 2023 | News Clip

Biden Owes Young People. He’s Selling Our Future to Fossil Fuel Executives | Opinion

A member of CLASP's A New Deal 4 Youth wrote an op-ed.

March 29, 2023 | Blog Post | Kayla Tawa

On Trans Day of Visibility, Listen to Young People

By Kayla Tawa  In recent years, we have seen a wave of state-level “culture war” debates that target young people, particularly Black and brown young people, LGBTQIA+ young people, and young people with disabilities. In 2023 specifically, state legislators have introduced a record number of…

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