In this comment, CLASP identifies administrative burdens faced by people trying to access rental assistance programs and offer strategies to mitigate them.
CLASP submitted a public comment in response to USCIS’s proposed changes to the immigration fee schedule. We applauded the agency keeping important fee waivers and adding new fee exemptions for humanitarian programs, but voiced our concern about the harmful impacts of immigration fee increases for low-income and other vulnerable…
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is pleased that the Biden Administration is re-establishing the White House Task Force on New Americans. This critical interagency task force aims to ensure that immigrants–including those newly arrived and those who have long-established roots in the…
CLASP submitted a comment to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine about federal policies that contribute to racial and ethnic health inequities.
The release of 2021 poverty and health insurance coverage data from the U.S. Census Bureau demonstrates how government action in response to the pandemic stabilized households, uplifted millions of people from poverty, and brought uninsurance rates to historic lows.
CLASP submitted a public comment in support of Washington State’s request to CMS to renew the state's Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver renewal request, also known as the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP 2.0).