By Alecia Murray What if the people most impacted by child care and early education policies helped design them? My participation in the CLASP Child Care and Early Education Policy Fellowship for Parents and my work with the Ohio Parent Advocacy Network (OPAN) have given…
By Lily Ana Marquez Having a child can be one of life’s most profound joys. Yet, parenthood also means a constant balance between nurturing, protecting, and advocating. For parents of children with special needs, that responsibility deepens into something more urgent: a fight to be heard…
This brief examines CCDF's history, funding structure, eligibility requirements, and participation trends, while highlighting persistent gaps in access for eligible families and declines in provider participation.
This report, drafted by CLASP, reviews the context for how the workgroup was initiated, outlines the feedback that was elicited in the workgroup, offers considerations and insights from CLASP based on the workgroup’s feedback, and documents the work materials from the group.
CLASP submitted this comment in support of the USDA’s proposed expansion of retailer access to SNAP incentive waivers. Programs such as the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) have demonstrated that when families have greater access to affordable fruits and vegetables, they purchase and consume…
The report argues that these harms deepen poverty and inequity, especially for women of color, and calls for worker-centered paid leave policies with job protection, anti-retaliation measures, strong wage replacement, inclusive family definitions, paid sick days, and bereavement leave.
Medicaid is an important source of health coverage for the early childhood education professionals who support child development and care for children while parents work, and for the children and families these educators serve.
If implemented, the OMB proposed revisions would create significant financial risk and instability for federal grantees, making it more difficult to provide vital services to communities.
This brief, part of the TANF 101 series, provides in-depth information on cash assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant.
Narrowing the joint employment standard at a moment when the traditional employer-employee relationship is increasingly rare will severely limit workers’ access to vital statutory rights, including minimum wage, overtime pay, and job-protected leave.