No More Double Punishments: Lifting the Ban on SNAP and TANF for People with Prior Felony Drug Convictions

In many states, people with drug-related felony convictions are banned from SNAP and TANF. This impedes successful reentry.

May 11, 2022 | Report/Brief |

SYEP in 2021: Lessons For a Changing World

May 11, 2022 | Report/Brief |

Toward a Vision of Quality Summer Employment For All Youth

March 31, 2022 | Blog Post | Kayla Tawa

How Queer Visibility Threatens White Power

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.

Featured Expert:

Nia West-Bey

Director of Youth Policy

Young Men and Women of Color

New from CLASP

March 31, 2022 | Blog Post | Child Care and Early Education

How Queer Visibility Threatens White Power

March 21, 2022 | Press Release | Adult and Postsecondary Education

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

March 03, 2022 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families

To Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis, Policymakers Must Advance Racial Equity

February 28, 2022 | Blog Post | Data and Disparities

Valuing and Championing African American Workers Is Long Overdue

February 24, 2022 | Blog Post | Children, Youth & Families

Lessons from Black Immigrant Women Advancing Community Success

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.

WIOA "Opportunities for Action" memos