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The Treasury Department recently published guidance that calls on ERA administrators to reevaluate their programs, signaling an opportunity for advocates to influence how programs in their jurisdiction adapt to the stronger requirements.
CLASP joined over 90 state, local and national criminal justice, workforce development, antipoverty, and racial equity organizations in calling for Congress to ensure youth and adults impacted by the criminal legal system remain a priority in the American Jobs Plan.
This co-authored report introduces a framework for how emergency rental assistance programs can give priority to renters most impacted by COVID-19 and at greatest risk of housing instability at every stage of program administration.
We compiled these frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support those who work with unhoused, unbanked, and/or immigrant communities, as well as the people directly impacted, in understanding how to access their stimulus payment
In a recent New York Times magazine article, actor Steven Yeun said, “Sometimes I wonder if the Asian-American experience is what it’s like when you’re thinking about everyone else, but nobody else is thinking about you.” These words hit me harder than expected, particularly during a year where Asian Americans have been disparaged physically, emotionally, and economically while the “progressive” community remains silent.
December's COVID relief package offers $25 billion in rental assistance to states, but the limited funding still forces administrators to make difficult decisions about who “deserves” relief most and may increase administrative burden in the process.
The Biden-Harris Administration must undertake criminal justice reform with an obligation to divest from systems of oppression and invest in the healing of historically oppressed communities.
We once again are painfully reminded that a system rooted in white supremacy will never bring justice for Black lives. And we can no longer expect it to. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to demand justice for Breonna Taylor and the countless other Black lives lost to state-sanctioned genocide.
As a nation, we have underinvested in the health and wellbeing of Black communities, while we’ve overinvested in systems that enact violence on these communities. To protect Black lives and heal Black communities, we must divest from the police and invest in Black communities.
New report, Reconnecting, Realizing and Reimagining Justice, written by Duy Pham, Kisha Bird and Shae Harris