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September 06, 2023 |

Unified, Safe, and Well: Building Life-Affirming Systems for Justice-Impacted Families

In this report, we analyze the landscape for family-based alternative sentencing programs to assess the effectiveness of these programs in meeting their program goals.

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August 28, 2023 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

Are We Listening? Youth Mental Health Challenges are Rooted in Young Adult Poverty Rates

August 15, 2023 | Blog Post |

Rectifying Past Wrongs: the Biden Administration’s Limited Progress in Drug Decriminalization

June 28, 2023 | Press Release | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Why Pride Month Is Especially Important This Year

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Young people of color are constantly reshaping American life—driving dynamic change in our economy, politics, and culture. Yet far too often, systems designed to help young people transition into adulthood fail to serve young people of color and their communities. Youth of color disproportionately experience poverty, are over-criminalized, and receive grossly inequitable access to educational, employment, and health opportunities. With an eye toward gender and racial equity and a belief in the power of youth voice, CLASP advocates for policy change that dismantles systems of oppression that impede young people of color from realizing their innate potential.

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Nia West-Bey

Nia West-Bey

Director of Youth Policy

Young Men and Women of Color

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August 28, 2023 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families
Are We Listening? Youth Mental Health Challenges are Rooted in Young Adult Poverty Rates
August 15, 2023 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families
Rectifying Past Wrongs: the Biden Administration’s Limited Progress in Drug Decriminalization
June 28, 2023 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families
Why Pride Month Is Especially Important This Year
April 27, 2023 | Blog Post | Adult and Postsecondary Education
Expanding Dual Enrollment With Federal, State Support
April 21, 2023 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families
Congress must fund preventive approaches to mental health care  

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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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Report/Brief | September 06, 2023
Unified, Safe, and Well: Building Life-Affirming Systems for Justice-Impacted Families
Report/Brief | January 12, 2023
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Mental Health Wins Undermined for Black and Brown Youth
Report/Brief | January 12, 2023
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: A Dangerous New Chapter in the War on Black Youth
Report/Brief | September 07, 2022
Relocating Reentry: Divesting from Community Supervision, Investing in “Community Repair”
Report/Brief | May 11, 2022
SYEP in 2021: Lessons For a Changing World

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Our Team

Deanie Anyangwe
Deanie Anyangwe
Policy Analyst, Youth Policy
Kathy Tran
Kathy Tran
Senior Policy Analyst, Youth Policy
Madison Trice
Madison Trice
Policy Analyst, Youth Policy
Nia West-Bey
Nia West-Bey
Director of Youth Policy
Stephanie Tellis
Stephanie Tellis
Racial Equity Manager
Wendy Cervantes
Wendy Cervantes
Director, Immigration and Immigrant Families
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