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July 24, 2024 | Blog Post | Juliana Zhou

States Use New Medicaid Option to Ease Transition for People Leaving Incarceration

The pre-release Medicaid waiver is a major opportunity for states to close the health equity gap for formerly incarcerated individuals and help those leaving incarceration thrive in their home communities.

June 21, 2024 | event | Juliana Zhou

Juliana Zhou speaks at “Advancing Data Equity: Highlighting Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 to Accelerate the Health Equity Movement”

June 21: Juliana Zhou spoke at “Advancing Data Equity: Highlighting Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 to Accelerate the Health Equity Movement,” hosted by National Minority Quality Forum. View a recording here.

February 28, 2024 | Blog Post | Cara Brumfield

Economic Justice will Require Reparations and Anti-Racist Public Programs

By the CLASP Income & Work Supports Team The Income & Work Supports team at CLASP works to advance public benefits justice, and Black History Month has us thinking about the history of economic injustice in this country. The economic injustices caused by slavery, segregation,…

December 19, 2023 | Blog Post | Juliana Zhou

One Year After Improved Public Charge Rule, Biden Administration Must Do More for Immigrant Families

The Biden Administration’s public charge rule went into effect a year ago, on December 23, 2022. The rule was a major immigrants’ rights win.

July 6, 2023 | Blog Post | Juliana Zhou

Congress Must Simplify Confusing SNAP Rules That Contribute to Food Insecurity among Immigrant Families

By Alice Aluoch and Juliana Zhou   Immigrants are essential members of our communities, yet they are often excluded from social safety net programs that their tax dollars subsidize for U.S. citizens. This exclusion was not always the case, but it changed in 1996 when federal…

February 22, 2023 | event | Juliana Zhou

ITIN Opens Doors for Immigrant Families

On February 22, Ashley Burnside and Juliana Zhou spoke at the Protecting Immigrant Families’ webinar “ITIN Opens Doors for Immigrant Families.”

February 10, 2023 | News Clip | Juliana Zhou

Ericson: Red tape stands in the way of fighting poverty

Juliana Zhou: “Once you start to get into the reasons why people aren’t able to access these benefits, oftentimes, it’s not because they’re ineligible. It’s because they can’t find the information they need (...)"

January 23, 2023 | Blog Post | Juliana Zhou

What You Can Do to Help Kids Stay on Medicaid in 2023

State administrators, service providers, advocates, and parents/caregivers must take proactive steps to ensure that children are not improperly disenrolled from Medicaid when states begin to restart the re-enrollment process in the coming months. 

March 23, 2022 | Blog Post | Juliana Zhou

Immigrants Have Been Waiting 25 Years for the LIFT the BAR Act

For the past 25+ years, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 has barred many struggling immigrant families from basic safety net programs. Fortunately, Congress has an opportunity to end this unjust exclusion with the LIFT the BAR Act.

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