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March 7, 2024 | Fact Sheet | Kathy Tran

Youth and Young Adult Development and Economic Opportunity: A Blueprint for a New Federal System

We envision our country’s economic future at its best—a nation of thriving communities with economic opportunity for all. To that end, we propose a new federal Youth and Young Adult Development and Economic Opportunity (YYADEO) system to replace the youth workforce development system currently mandated…

March 7, 2024 | Fact Sheet | Lorena Roque

CLASP Federal Recommendations to Combat Child Labor

The DOL found that child labor violations increased in 2023: 5,800 children were employed in violation of labor law, an increase of 14 percent from the previous year and 88 percent from 2019. But this likely underestimates the prevalence of child labor across the United…

February 13, 2024 | Fact Sheet | Deanie Anyangwe

Challenges to Just and Effective 988 Implementation

This series of fact sheets explores the challenges and missed opportunities to effectively implement 988 and transform the United States’ existing mental and behavioral health crisis response system. 

January 3, 2024 | Fact Sheet | Isha Weerasinghe

The Connection Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health

Not having the option to buy food, let alone nutritious food, can have adverse effects on one’s physical and mental well-being.

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Young Adults

Expanding EITC for Young Adults  The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) temporarily expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility for the 2021 tax year to young workers (19-24) who don’t have dependent children and increased the maximum credit from $542 to $1,502.  This EITC expansion…

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Children & Families

Expanding the Child Tax Credit  In 2021, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 1 million children under 6 and nearly 2 million children between 6 and 17 out of poverty, when using the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The expanded CTC, which disproportionately benefitted Black and Hispanic…

May 20, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Kisha Bird

Subsidized Jobs for Young People

The public health and economic crises of the past year have exacerbated existing inequities.

May 13, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Molly Bashay

Subsidized Employment: A Proven Strategy for Supporting Rapid Economic Recovery

This fact sheet defines, details, and advocates for an equity-centered national subsidized employment program.

April 19, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Diana Orozco

Accessing the Third Stimulus Payment for People Traditionally Excluded from the Tax System

We compiled these frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support those who work with unhoused, unbanked, and/or immigrant communities, as well as the people directly impacted, in understanding how to access their stimulus payment

March 8, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Ashley Burnside

Make Work Pay for Workers Without Children in the Household by Expanding the EITC

Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the maximum Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for workers without children in the household would increase from $543 to $1,502. That difference is the price of a car repair, of one month’s rent, or of a laptop for school. Congress…

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