In just #100Days, the Trump administration has ordered mass layoffs, deportations, and cancellations of union contracts. On April 29, CLASP will co-host with the Good Jobs Collaborative for “Not Working for Workers: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration“, where policy experts will reflect…
On March 25-26, Isha Weerasinghe spoke on a panel for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Health Summit on the importance of data disaggregation in health for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
On Friday May 2 Wendy Cervantes will be speaking at the 2025 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota for a panel titled, “The Role of Research in Immigration Advocacy: How Science Can Support the Well-Being of Immigrant Children.” Find…
Webinar: Protecting Early Childhood Programs from Immigration Enforcement The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) held a webinar on Tuesday, February 25 to share how child care and early education providers can protect their programs from immigration…
Isha Weerasinghe was featured on the December 17, 2024 episode of the South Asian Public Health Association Spotlight Series podcast. View the episode here:
As we confront the prospect of a second Trump administration and the significant harmful impact of his proposed policies, CLASP stands prepared for this moment and remains committed to doing the work to slow down, minimize, and prevent or mitigate damage to families with low…
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…
At the CC4EFN meeting, Tiffany provided “real-time” in-person technical assistance to eight states in attendance leading two roundtables on state policy options/flexibilities in child care and the 2024 Child Care and Development fund final rule. In order to win the national child care system that…
CLASP’s senior policy analyst Tiffany Ferrette will speaks about the Child Care and Development fund final rule with a robust, clear outline of the requirements and encouragements given to states; provide state examples of child care policies that are already being implemented; and discuss the…