Removing Barriers to Mental Health Care is Essential for Children to Thrive

New from the Children Thrive Action Network: A state-by-state analysis of Medicaid coverage and what is needed for immigrant families to thrive.

May 03, 2022 | Press Release | Cormekki Whitley

Draft SCOTUS Decision Puts Reproductive Rights in Great Jeopardy

April 26, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

CLASP Responds to Proposed Rulemaking, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0013

April 21, 2022 | Blog Post | Priya Pandey

Why Addressing Climate Change is Critical to Addressing Poverty

Children in immigrant families make up one-quarter of all children in the United States and represent the fastest growing segment of the country’s increasingly diverse child population. Yet immigrant children and families are more likely to be low income and face systemic barriers to health and nutrition supports. Harsh immigration enforcement policies also threaten the safety and wellbeing of the millions of children in mixed-status families. CLASP advocates for federal and state policy reforms to promote health, economic security, and overall success for immigrant children, youth, and families.

Featured Expert:

Wendy Cervantes

Director, Immigration and Immigrant Families

Immigrant Children and Families

New from CLASP

May 03, 2022 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families

Draft SCOTUS Decision Puts Reproductive Rights in Great Jeopardy

April 21, 2022 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families

Why Addressing Climate Change is Critical to Addressing Poverty

April 01, 2022 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families

Title 42 Termination: A Critical Development for Children, Families

March 30, 2022 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families

Women’s History Month: Uplifting My Mom’s Immigration Story

March 28, 2022 | Press Release | Child Care and Early Education

Biden’s Budget Outlines Key Investments for Economic Growth, Equity

Increasing Enrollment, Improving Outcomes

Our Advancing Strategies to Align Programs (ASAP) project helps state-level advocates increase enrollment in work support programs, including Medicaid and SNAP, through more integrated systems. There is strong evidence that work supports improve people’s immediate and long-term health as well as their educational and economic outcomes. Research also shows that receiving the full package of benefits—not just one program—is especially effective.

ASAP Project Overview