In exactly one year, the 2020 Census will go out to households across the nation. The count records who we are as a nation, it shows how we’ve changed and helps us predict where we’re going. But the 2020 Census is under attack, and the…

For Women's History Month, we're taking a look at key policies that would improve job quality for women, particularly low-income women and women of color, and result in increased workforce participation, improved financial stability, and long-term economic mobility. 

A federal judge blocked the Trump Administration's attempt to take away health coverage from people who can't document new work reporting requirements.

In December 2018, Jazmine Headley was arrested at a public benefits office when she tried to regain her child care subsidy. This exposed the disrespect public benefit applicants commonly receive.

Earlier this month, state and local education leaders and advocates gathered at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to discuss strategies for “dual enrollment for adult learners”—an approach we refer to as “DEAL”. These programs, designed using the career pathway model, can provide adults who…

The Trump Administration is proposing a new rule to limit nutrition assistance for unemployed and underemployed people who can’t document a set number of work hours per week. The proposed rule would restrict 755,000 low-income people from using SNAP.

President Trump's proposed one-time "investment" in child care is not what working families need—and, in fact, threatens basic protections for children and the standards that are the building blocks of high-quality child care.

The president's budget proposal is his latest effort to attack programs that support low-income people and terrorize immigrants.

The Federal time limit in SNAP already limits eligibility for childless adults aged 18-50, with some exemptions. But due to the complex nature of low-income households and extended families, mothers and children are at risk of being harmed by the USDA's proposed SNAP rule.

As policymakers talk about health care for all, CLASP wants them to explicitly include immigrants when defining “all.” We know society is better off when everyone—parents & children, citizens & non-citizens—has access to health care.