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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to the press during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries spoke about how the Republican budget cuts would affect Medicaid and food assistance. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to the press during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries spoke about how the Republican budget cuts would affect Medicaid and food assistance. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
July 01, 2025 |

Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill Sacrifices the Well-Being of Working Families to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires

CLASP urges House lawmakers to reject this damaging bill and focus on policies that put workers, children, and families ahead of billionaires.

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June 26, 2025 | Blog Post | Teon Hayes

The Silent Link: The Food System’s Role in Black Maternal Mortality

June 05, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Trump’s Budget Proposal Upends Children, Families, Immigrants, and Workers

June 04, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

CLASP and Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Affordable health care is essential for physical and mental health, financial security and employment success. However, low-income workers rarely have access to health insurance through their jobs and cannot afford to buy insurance without help. That’s why Medicaid is critical.  It provides low-income people comprehensive health coverage that prevents illness, promotes children’s development, and supports employment.  CLASP works to protect and build on historic gains in insurance coverage made through the Affordable Care Act—fighting back against federal efforts to repeal and block grant Medicaid and pressing states to expand their programs.  We also address challenges central to the wellbeing of low-income individuals and families like accessing maternal depression treatment and young adult behavioral health.

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Suzanne Wikle

Associate Director for State Health Policy and Advocacy

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July 01, 2025 | Press Release | Adult and Postsecondary Education
Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill Sacrifices the Well-Being of Working Families to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires
June 26, 2025 | Blog Post | Health and Mental Health
The Silent Link: The Food System’s Role in Black Maternal Mortality
June 05, 2025 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families
Trump’s Budget Proposal Upends Children, Families, Immigrants, and Workers
June 04, 2025 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families
CLASP and Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement
May 22, 2025 | Press Release | Adult and Postsecondary Education
House Reconciliation Bill Slashes Child and Family Supports to Fund Mass Deportation and Further Enrich the Wealthy

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WIOA Opportunities for Action

CLASP is committed to making WIOA work. That’s why we’ve developed short, action-focused memos outlining how states, local areas, advocates, and service providers can leverage opportunities to serve low-income youth and adults through state and local plans, policies and guidance, and budget choices.

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WIOA "Opportunities for Action" memos

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Testimony/Comments | May 14, 2025
CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget”
Testimony/Comments | May 14, 2025
CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States House Committee on Appropriations “Budget Hearing- Health and Human Services”
Fact Sheet | May 08, 2025
On the Chopping Block: How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Mental Health
Fact Sheet | May 01, 2025
Why SAMHSA’s Mental Health Block Grant Must Include Early Intervention and Prevention
Report/Brief | April 23, 2025
Medicaid Financing: Dangers of Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Summary and Full Report

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Our Team

Isha Weerasinghe
Isha Weerasinghe
Director of Public Benefits Justice
Parker Gilkesson Davis
Parker Gilkesson Davis
Senior Policy Analyst, Public Benefits Justice
Priya Pandey
Priya Pandey
Policy Analyst, Immigration and Immigrant Families
Stephanie Schmit
Stephanie Schmit
Director, Child Care and Early Education
Suzanne Wikle
Suzanne Wikle
Associate Director for State Health Policy and Advocacy
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