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August 12, 2022 | Press Release | Hannah Matthews

Inflation Reduction Act Makes Big Advances but Leaves out Anti-Poverty Priorities

The just-passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes important and long-overdue investments to help restore fairness in our tax system, reduce health care costs, and address the climate crisis.

August 11, 2022 | Blog Post | Whitney Bunts

Safety from Police Violence: How the President’s Policing Executive Order Fails Low-Income Communities of Color

President Biden's “Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing, and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety" contains several ideas that would exacerbate the criminal legal system’s harmful consequences for Black and brown communities.

August 11, 2022 | Report/Brief | Alycia Hardy

Child Care Assistance Spending and Participation in 2019

This fact sheet analyzes national and state spending and participation data for CCDBG- and TANF-funded child care for FY 2019.

August 8, 2022 | Report/Brief

Recommendations for Strengthening the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program

In this brief, CLASP and NRWC offer a set of recommendations to strengthen and modernize the The federal Reentry Employment Opportunities Program.

August 4, 2022 | News Clip | J Geiman

Wait, How Did Student Debt Even Become A Thing?

This article quotes a CLASP report and recommendations about losing the racial wealth gap through student loan cancellation, payment reforms, and investment in college affordability.

August 3, 2022 | News Clip

Top 6 Collateral Consequences Of Criminal Charges

CLASP's resources on collateral consequences were cited in this article.

August 2, 2022 | News Clip | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Comprehensive investment in people improves social services, Heather Reynolds testifies

Indivar Dutta-Gupta testified before the House Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth.

August 2, 2022 | Blog Post | Kathy Tran

Liberation: Transforming the System for All Youth

In this blog, we will share our personal experiences along with those of Changemakers of what liberation means to us, our community, and our efforts in a New Deal for Youth.

August 1, 2022 | Blog Post | Teon Dolby

Childhood hunger does lasting harm. This new bill can help end it.

Food insecurity has adverse, long-term effects on children, impacting them in adulthood. The improved Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill takes a critical step to creating a solid foundation that allows students to flourish and grow.

July 30, 2022 | News Clip

HHS Secretary to address children’s mental health crisis ahead of upcoming school year

A CLASP blog was quoted: “teachers are experiencing a mental health crisis that’s pushing them out of the profession."

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