Uninsurance was already increasing before 2020, and the COVID-19 economic crisis has left millions more without coverage. 

Congress must invest in the supports that schools and child care providers need to assure the wellbeing of children, families, and teachers.

Cash assistance through unemployment insurance and TANF are critical supports for people with low incomes. Yet neither form of assistance is truly meeting the need in the pandemic.

The COVID-19 crisis has magnified the threats facing immigrants with low incomes, placing stress on families already challenged by the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement, public charge policies, and other extreme actions on communities of color and immigrants. 

As the 2020-2021 academic year begins under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the many challenges colleges face is how to operate their federal and state work-study programs.

Researchers, advocates, policymakers, and government agencies all rely on data to improve the socioeconomic outcomes of working people. Without comprehensive measures, it becomes difficult to gauge the growing challenges facing historically marginalized populations like low-wage workers. 

As the toll of the virus and economic fallout worsens, the pressure is on to provide workers and families the relief they need.

Policymakers can support young workers through the pandemic by expanding the EITC to encompass more childless workers and increase monthly benefit.

CLASP and the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program created a toolkit describing how to use media coverage and public disclosure to improve policy outcomes.

CLASP's youth and young adult mental health framework calls for policies that increase access to healing, transformative mental health supports for this population.