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Two years into the pandemic and one year after the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), this brief examines how decision makers implementing ARPA have used COVID relief funding and policy opportunities to lay the groundwork for longer-term, transformative change by equitably supporting…

This fact sheet highlights the actions that select states have implemented to make the most of recent historic funding.

Christine Johnson-Staub and Isha Weerasinghe offer a set of principles policymakers and other stakeholders can consider as they implement ARPA’s mental health provisions.

By CLASP, the Community Partnership Group (CPG), and New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) Changemakers 

In this policy brief, Christine Johnson-Staub and national partners address the need to invest federal dollars in facility infrastructure for child care providers.

On April 6, 2021, CLASP and ZERO TO THREE co-hosted a webinar on supporting young children and their families with the American Rescue Plan Act. 

The American Rescue Plan, which passed Congress on March 10 and will be signed by President Biden upon receipt, includes several critical supports for families related to nutrition, child poverty, health care, mental health, and more.

Policies states may use to implement the new funds under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

CLASP brief on opportunities to advocate for equitable child care policies through the state CCDF planning process.

Based on our work with states to shape their responses to the immediate and long-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, CLASP developed the following framework that underscores the need for policymakers to be thoughtful and use racial equity as a central consideration when making decisions.