Apr 7, 2020 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Health Insurance Strategies for States and Individuals During COVID-19

COVID-19 reminds us how fragile our health insurance system is, and how insurance is either tied to someone’s employment and/or entirely inaccessible. CLASP outlines enrollment options for individuals and steps for states to make insurance more accessible. 

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Oct 29, 2019 | Blog Post | Duy Pham

Advancing Economic Justice for Youth Justice Action Month

During Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM) in October, advocates raise awareness and inspire action on behalf of young people impacted by the criminal justice system.  This year, the YJAM challenge is to A.C.T. (Awaken, Confront, Transform) to end racism. 

Oct 18, 2019 | Blog Post | Madison Allen

CLASP Builds on Public Interest Law Roots Through Amicus Advocacy for Immigrants

By filing amicus briefs, CLASP has helped fight several significant attacks on immigrant families.

Oct 16, 2019 | Blog Post | Olivia Golden

Five Federal Courts Enjoin Public Charge Rule, Citing Powerful Evidence

Olivia Golden explains how more than a quarter million public comments have halted the "public charge" rule for now.

Oct 11, 2019 | Blog Post | Shiva Sethi

No More Barriers: Let’s Talk Mental Health Policy

Mental health is a huge part of individual wellbeing. Systemic barriers like racism and stigma have blocked many people with low incomes and people of color from high-quality mental health care. Unaddressed mental health challenges undermine their ability to learn, work, and thrive. That’s why CLASP’s work in this area has dramatically deepened.

Oct 10, 2019 | Blog Post | Vanessa Meraz

SCOTUS to Decide Fate of 700,000+ DACA Recipients Like Me

The future remains uncertain as DACA heads to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, there are a few things to keep in mind.

Oct 9, 2019 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

Young Minds Matter: Historical and Cultural Trauma

2019 marks 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were brought to what would become the United States. 2019 is also a year where our national conversation has struggled to reconcile the caging of young people in inhumane conditions and the separation of children from their parents on the Southwest border with our national narrative as a “nation of immigrants.” What does this historical inflection point and national crisis have to do with young minds? 

Sep 26, 2019 | Blog Post | Lauren Walizer

GAO Report Highlights Child Care Struggles of Student-Parents

Nearly a quarter of all U.S. undergraduates are parenting, and more than half of them are single parents. Yet few schools have prioritized the needs of student-parents.

Sep 24, 2019 | Blog Post | Rosa M. García

Celebrate the Innovations! Adult Education & Family Literacy Week, September 22 -28, 2019

During Adult Education & Family Literacy Week, Judy Mortrude reflects on her favorite adult education highlights from the past year.

Sep 19, 2019 | Blog Post | CLASP

SNAP Recipient to Trump Administration: I am not a fraud.

When President Trump suggests that I, among 3 million other SNAP recipients, am fraudulently accessing benefits without need, I am compelled to push back. We are the real people who would be harmed by the administration’s “broad-based categorical eligibility” proposal ... I share my story because nobody else can tell it for me.

Sep 18, 2019 | Blog Post | Parker Gilkesson

Ending SNAP BBCE, Continuing a Ruthless American Tradition of Sabotaging Communities of Color

The Trump Administration recently proposed stripping SNAP benefits from 3.1 million individuals. This would further exacerbate the country’s racial wealth gap and seriously harm people of color—continuing a ruthless tradition of preventing people of color from achieving economic mobility. 

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