Low angle view of group of people in circle and holding their fists together during a group therapy session. People with fist put together during support group session.
By Teon Hayes “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When families are facing soaring food prices, stretched resources, and fewer avenues of support, the strength of a community is often what…
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule implementing President Obama’s executive order (EO) enabling employees of federal contractors to earn paid sick days beginning in January 2017.
With about 50 hours to go until the start of FY17 and members of Congress eager to return home to campaign, the U.S. House and Senate passed a “Continuing Resolution” (CR) that will keep the federal government funded until December 9, 2016.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Family Assistance (OFA) published a brief outlining how Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies can support postsecondary completion for TANF recipients.
In a fact sheet released on September 26, 2016, CLASP explains how an IET+S strategy can help these adults develop skills and access family-sustaining jobs.
The Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released final regulations implementing the 2014 reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG).
CLASP released a memo discussing performance policies in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that can encourage services for those most in need.
Child support paid by non-custodial parents can be an important part of an anti-poverty strategy but some poor children don’t receive any of the child support paid on their behalf. In more than half the states, when child support is paid on behalf of a family that…
On September 15, 2016, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) co-sponsored, S. 3349 The Career and Technical Education for Adult Learners Act (CTE for ALL Act), to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins Act) and provide adults…
On September 12, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the College Student Hunger Relief Act (AB 1747), a bill designed to improve benefits access for low-income college students.
The Census Bureau’s annual report on poverty, income, and health coverage shows major economic improvement on a number of indicators, including a drop in poverty from 14.8 percent of Americans in 2014 to 13.5 percent in 2015.
