In this op-ed, Wendy Chun-Hoon describes how policy changes enacted by the White House and Congressional leaders--especially from H.R. 1 and proposed Census changes--are pushing more households into poverty. Immigrants are hit hardest.
Giving charitable donations to families who don’t need them is troubling as it comes when inflation is high, and the administration is slashing funding for social services and other supports that many families rely on, said Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for…
Today’s participation numbers are an urgent warning that access is eroding. Before making additional cuts, we owe families something much simpler: the commitment to understand why they are disappearing from these programs and to remove the barriers keeping them from the care they deserve. The…
“We are experiencing an affordability crisis, and, unfortunately, people who are relying on public benefits are hit even harder. We’re no longer talking about just the price of eggs and milk. We’re talking about families struggling to afford basic living expenses," said Teon Hayes of…
By Rainesford Stauffer Excerpt: Experts stress that America has the resources to make life more affordable. And frequently, communities are fighting for those solutions themselves, from movements for student-debt cancellation or student loan forgiveness to tenants organizing to fight for affordable housing or needed repairs. Developing policy…
by Patricia Ortiz Excerpt: For her part, Wendy Cervantes, director of Immigration and Immigrant Families at Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), said that, for the past 13 months, children have been experiencing firsthand the consecuencias of the current anti-immigrant and anti-family federal agenda. “While millions of children lose…
“We can’t talk about affordability in this moment without naming the huge health care costs that families are now facing because of the expiration of the premium tax credits,” said Ashley Burnside of CLASP.
Wendy Cervantes was quoted about the proposed "public charge" rule: “If the traumatic raids that separate families weren’t enough, this rule could force millions of immigrant families to choose between meeting their children’s needs, such as taking them to the doctor or putting food on…