During tax season, many filers will receive a refund: the earned income tax credit (EITC). The EITC is a refundable tax credit for low- and moderate-income earners that reduces the likelihood of millions of workers being taxed into poverty.
We must do more to protect vulnerable youth and young adults including those without insurance from the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressively implementing and expanding presumptive eligibility for Medicaid represents a promising strategy.
While Congress has excluded millions of immigrants and their families in recently enacted COVID-19 legislation, states have stepped up to fill the gap by providing relief to immigrant families.
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.
Lawmakers recently passed the CARES Act. Despite wide news coverage about its economic impact rebate payments, many have questions about who’s eligible and how to receive the payments.
As the coronavirus pandemic and public health crisis stymies the U.S. economy, youth and adults impacted by the criminal justice system face significant challenges to achieving economic stability.
I testified at a Congressional hearing on a proposal to eliminate SNAP benefits for 3.1 million recipients, including almost 1 million children. In these difficult times, our country must ensure those in need have safe, affordable, and nutritious food. That’s the plea I made during that Congressional hearing before this pandemic, and it’s even more important now.
My mother migrated here after the Vietnam War. Growing up, I watched her struggle and succeed. She was the first women in my life to encourage me and instill the idea of hope and change.
HUD has proposed a regulation that would effectively eliminate a 2015 policy known as the Assessment of Fair Housing. If implemented, the proposed rule would make it harder to foster inclusive communities and promote fair housing choice for people of color, people with disabilities, and other protected classes.
While the CARES Act includes some provisions that help youth and young adults, future coronavirus response legislation must directly address the issues important to young people.
