By Brenna Smith, The Baltimore Banner (EXCERPT) Advocates worry there won’t always be plentiful funding and benefits theft could outpace budgeted dollars. For example, under the proposed law, the state would have been limited to the initial budget of $8 million last year, leaving $14…
By Makayla McDonald and Ashley Burnside The COVID-19 pandemic changed the lives of many people across the globe, and its emotional, mental, and financial effects continue to reverberate. The pandemic also demonstrated the power of lawmakers to make a positive impact: Material hardship dropped after…
By Ashley Burnside (EXCERPT) Despite a supposedly strong economy, many families remain just one financial shock away from personal financial crisis. A lack of affordable and accessible childcare, wages that haven’t kept up with rising housing costs, and a lack of access to paid family leave are just…
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,…
During this year’s 2023 tax filing season, the IRS will test a new, free online tax filing tool that promises to help more tax filers access credits that they are eligible for, like the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.
By Janna Herron, Yahoo Finance EXCERPT: “If you’re donating to a holiday wish list that will help a parent afford toys and clothes for their kids through the holiday season, those costs don’t magically disappear,” Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law…
By Brenna Smith, The Baltimore Banner EXCERPT: Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy who was not involved in the bill’s drafting, agrees that the language of the bill is clear. Theft victims are entitled to full reimbursement,…
By Eli Hager, ProPublica EXCERPT: Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst and expert on TANF at the Center for Law and Social Policy, an advocacy organization for low-income Americans, said that political support for such improvements to welfare has grown in recent years, especially amid…
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, we should uplift the stories and resilience of the disability community, and we also must advocate for policy solutions to promote equity and economic justice for people with disabilities.