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Data and Disparities

Oct 20, 2020 | Youth and Young Adults

Why We Can't Wait: A Youth Data Portrait 2020 Economic Justice

We can’t wait for economic justice. It is time for a New Deal for Youth that responds to the historic roots and current scale of the crisis. When the current, once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe is over, our future as a nation will depend on how intentionally we invest in this generation.

Aug 6, 2020 | Blog Post | Adewale Maye

Growing Disparities in Data: The Implications of Narrow Measures on Workers Paid Low Wages

Aug 5, 2020 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families

Prematurely Stopping 2020 Census Data Collection Could Lead to Inaccuracy that Harms Communities

Mar 30, 2020 | Blog Post | Darrel Thompson

Trump Proposal Makes It Harder to Desegregate Neighborhoods, Slowing Necessary Progress

Many public policies systematically introduce, reinforce, or exacerbate disparate outcomes for low-income people of color. Thoughtful data analysis can support policy development, implementation, and evaluation that minimizes unintended consequences and fosters more equitable outcomes. CLASP conducts analysis of national, state, and local data to accurately document racial disparities and disparate policy impacts by race to inform our policy recommendations and advocacy.

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Hannah Matthews

Deputy Executive Director for Policy

Data and Disparities

New from CLASP

March 31, 2021 | Criminal Justice

COVID-19 Death Rate in Prisons and the General Population

March 26, 2021 | Blog Post | Refundable Tax Credits

What We Can Learn from a Universal Basic Income for the Expanded Child Tax Credit

March 24, 2021 | Blog Post | Education, Labor & Worker Justice

We Must Move Beyond the Status Quo and Close the Gender Pay Gap

March 18, 2021 | News Clip | Income and Work Supports

Navigating housing discrimination when purchasing a home

February 18, 2021 | Blog Post | Racial Equity

Economic Recovery Must Center Black Workers

Publications Fact Sheets | Presentations | Journal Articles | Reports/Briefs | Testimony/Comments

Fact Sheet | February 5, 2021

New Data Confirm U.S. Needs a Comprehensive Paid Leave Policy

Testimony/Comments | December 18, 2020

CLASP's Letter on Improving Mental Health Outcomes Among Minority and Health Disparity Populations

Report/Brief | November 19, 2020

The Dual Crisis: How the COVID-19 Recession Deepens Racial and Economic Inequality Among Communities of Color

Report/Brief | November 19, 2020

The COVID-19 Recession Presents a Dual Crisis Among Communities of Color

Report/Brief | August 6, 2020

The Involuntary Part-time Work and Underemployment Problem in the U.S.

Our Team

Research Assistant, Education, Labor, and Worker Justice

Hannah Matthews

Deputy Executive Director for Policy

Katherine Gallagher Robbins

Director, Child Care and Early Education

Senior Policy Analyst, Youth

Stephanie Schmit

Senior Policy Analyst, Child Care and Early Education