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February 11, 2025 |

Young Workers Speak Out: New Perspectives on The Need for Paid Leave

This report finds that youth in America, especially in regions like the South that have high populations of young Black and Brown people, desperately need policies that provide adequate and accessible paid leave from employment.

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September 09, 2024 | News Clip | Kathy Tran

Paid Leave Is a Priority for Young Workers, But Most Don’t Have Access to It

September 03, 2024 | Blog Post |

Hidden Hunger: Food Insecurity and Challenges to Access in the Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities

July 25, 2024 | Blog Post | Priya Pandey

Mifepristone: A Tool for Reproductive Freedom

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When we invest in young people, we break the cycle of poverty, spark our economy, and strengthen our nation’s future. However, 4 in 10 are low income, struggling to access education and employment that prepares them for success. The rate is even higher for youth of color, who are more likely to be disconnected from school and work, attend under-resourced schools, and encounter the criminal justice system as a result of structural. CLASP works at the federal, state, and local levels to break down barriers in education and employment, focusing on racial and gender inequity as well as promoting youth as community assets. We promote effective policy that centers youth voice and enables communities to create pathways out of poverty.

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September 09, 2024 | News Clip | Children, Youth & Families
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July 25, 2024 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families
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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.

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ASAP Project Overview

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Report/Brief | February 11, 2025
Young Workers Speak Out: New Perspectives on The Need for Paid Leave
Testimony/Comments | June 04, 2024
CLASP Statement for the Record: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Hearing on “The Consequences of Biden’s Border Chaos for K-12 Schools”
Report/Brief | May 23, 2024
Dangerous Data: What Communities Should Know about Artificial Intelligence, the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and School Surveillance
Report/Brief | March 27, 2024
Forced ≠ Treatment: Carceral Strategies in Mental Health
Fact Sheet | March 07, 2024
Youth and Young Adult Development and Economic Opportunity: A Blueprint for a New Federal System

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