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January 11, 2021 |

Core Principles to Reframe Mental and Behavioral Health Policy

CLASP's mental health work advances systems and policy change with an explicit focus on how a person's race and ethnicity affects how they interact with the health system. Without a direct understanding of how mental health and wellbeing are seen by those who are living in poverty, we…

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January 22, 2023 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Loss of Roe Causing Dire Impacts on People with Low Income and People of Color

May 05, 2022 | Blog Post | Teon Hayes

Waiting to Exhale

March 21, 2022 | Press Release |

Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy Taps Indivar Dutta-Gupta as Executive Director

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Economic security, child care, housing, immigration status, primary language, and race/ethnicity have lasting impacts on a mother’s mental health. Few mothers living in economically marginalized communities receive adequate mental health support and care because of federal and state systems and policy barriers. This can have lasting impacts on a mother’s livelihood, but also on their families and loved ones.

CLASP focuses on maternal mental health and wellbeing because it is central to ensure mothers are able to thrive. We do this through a strong racial equity focus, asking partners to focus on interventions throughout the life course, and encouraging collaboration between key advocates and state/federal agency sectors.

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Maternal Mental Health

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Maternal Mental Health Affects Moms and Their Loved Ones

When mothers don’t get access to treatment, their mental health conditions can worsen. As a result, children are less likely to learn and succeed in school, let alone live healthy lives in adulthood. Maternal mental health can undercut an individual or family’s efforts to lift themselves out of poverty.

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Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy

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Report/Brief | January 11, 2021
Core Principles to Reframe Mental and Behavioral Health Policy
Report/Brief | December 10, 2020
PATH and MOMD: Lessons for Mental Health Systems and Policy Change
Report/Brief | November 30, 2020
Boldly Addressing the Current Mental Health and Wellbeing Crisis for Economically Marginalized People and Communities of Color
Report/Brief | October 14, 2020
Advancing Equity in Maternal Mental Health: Strategies for State Medicaid Programs
Presentation/Webinar | June 09, 2020
2020 Moms Presentation: Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy

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