April 24 | Suma Setty and Rachel Wilensky spoke at a meeting organized by the Partnership for Community Action in New Mexico on immigration and safe space policies.
April 15 | Rachel Wilensky, Suma Setty, and Priya Pandey presented on immigration policy, constitutional rights, and guidance for home visitors for Healthy Families America, a national network of home visitors.
April 10 | Rachel Wilensky spoke on child care and immigration for the DC Early Learning Collaborative’s Town Hall on ECE Activism During a Time of Trumpism.
The Continuing Resolution includes $500 million for CCDBG, half of which will be used for disaster relief in affected states and the other half to be allocated among all states as emergency discretionary funding.
By Jackie Mader EXCERPT Partly as a result, only a fraction of families — about 10 percent — who are eligible under the federal recommendation actually get subsidies, according to the Center for Law and Social Policy. The variance in state policies means a family may qualify…
CLASP and the Economic Policy Institute hosted a joint webinar on state progress in advancing equity in child care Tuesday, October 8, 2024 2:00pm ET/1:00pm CT The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) hosted a webinar about equity…
On Thursday, September 12th, Rachel Wilensky, Senior Policy Analyst on the Child Care and Early Education team, will deliver opening remarks and moderate a panel discussion at the Economic Policy Institute’s annual Economic Analysis and Research Network Conference (EARNCon). The plenary on Advancing Equity in…
Register Now From May 19-22, CLASP’s Child Care and Early Education team will be presenting at Child Care Aware of America’s 2024 Symposium in Arlington, VA. The symposium is centered on the question: “How do we capitalize on our wins and lessons learned and boldly…
On December 1, Rachel Wilensky and Alycia Hardy presented on “Inequitable Access to Child Care: What it Looks Like and What can be Done About It,” at the 2023 BUILD Conference in Los Angeles, California. The session included a preview of new state level demographic…
By Alia Wong, USA TODAY EXCERPT: “The funding that’s required is too significant for states to try to do this alone,” said Rachel Wilensky of the Center For Law and Social Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing policy solutions for low-income people. Read the full…