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With the end of pandemic-era protections for people insured by Medicaid, we’re learning more about states’ outcomes for Medicaid renewals.

A history of underinvestment in child care results in low wages and lack of other support for providers which can make copayments complex and unaffordable for families. We need increased and sustained public investment. 

Technological innovation has always been a central determining factor of job quality. It is essential that strong public policy prevents technology from insidiously claiming control over a worker’s body, time, and autonomy.

Elizabeth Lower-Basch described the 2022 poverty data figures released this week as “not surprising, but deeply disappointing.”

A CLASP blog post on the effects of childhood poverty was referenced in this article.

In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, co-sponsored by Early Learning Nation Magazine, we heard a riveting conversation about early childhood policy — past, present and future. Moderator Michelle Kang of NAEYC opened the session by recognizing the essential yet currently undervalued and undercompensated role that child care and education…

A CLASP report about Child Tax Credit national survey findings was cited.

Today’s U.S. Census Bureau report shows—once again—that poverty in the United States is a policy choice.

Alycia Hardy, Alyssa Fortner, and Tiffany Ferrette presented to the NC Coalition for Inclusion, Not Expulsions on their brief “Centering Black Families: Equitable Discipline through Improved Data Policies in Child Care” and state and federal recommendations to address harsh disciplinary practices.

A CLASP/National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice fact sheet on abortion bans in immigrant communities was referenced in this article.