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New brief details how guaranteed income programs help families thrive and boost economic security.

By Ashley Burnside  

By Ashley Burnside Social Security, SSI, and SSDI are lifelines for millions of Americans, including people with disabilities and older adults. Cuts or delays to these programs would worsen poverty and instability. Protecting these benefits—and the agency that delivers them—is critical to ensuring economic security…

This brief, part of the TANF 101 series, explains the fixed block grant awarded to states under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

By Ashley Burnside and Jesse Fairbanks, In 2025, several provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 are scheduled to expire. This provides an opportunity for lawmakers to reform our tax code so that it serves families with low incomes instead of…

New fact sheet urges expanding the EITC for workers without children. It fights poverty but remains too small and excludes too many.

CLASP submitted a comment to the Ways and Means Republicans about the upcoming tax package and our priorities for the bill.

CLASP submits statement for record on TANF and prioritizes targeting funds toward cash assistance for families with very low incomes.

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) submits this comment in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (“the Department”) Request for Information published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2023, entitled “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Implementation of Sections…

When enacted in 2021, the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) significantly reduced child poverty to historic lows and helped close the racial wealth gap. However, with its expiration, millions of children have fallen back into poverty. Learn how we can restore and expand this critical…