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CLASP, First Focus Campaign for Children, and other members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) submitted this statement for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the June 15, 2021 hearing on “The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021.”
Alyssa Fortner, Alycia Hardy, and Stephanie Schmit detail the importance of significant and sustained direct spending for school-age child care. This fact sheet highlights a new CLASP analysis estimating that it would cost between $48.4 billion and $79.6 billion to reach all school-age children eligible through CCDBG.
Stephanie Schmit was quoted in this article about the reintroduced Child Care for Working Families Act.
Wendy Cervantes was featured in this story about tax credits eligibility for mixed immigration status families.
A CLASP article about how the American Dream and Promise Act would expand eligibility for the DACA program and enable more people to become lawful permanent residents with a path to citizenship was cited.
If signed into law, the American Dream and Promise Act, or H.R. 6., would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and citizenship for Dreamers and other immigrants who call this country home. Here we list provisions in the bill that would promote the safety of beneficiaries and their families.
"Ello fue modificado y, esta vez, el proyecto aprobado hizo "elegibles para el pago de $1,400 a 2.2 millones de niños con un número de Seguro Social (cuyos padres carecen ambos de un número de Seguro Social)", respondió Wendy Cervantes."
This fact sheet from CLASP and First Focus on Children provides an overview of how the U.S. Citizenship Act (USCA) impacts children and families.
Wendy Cervantes was quoted about how 2.2 million children with Social Security numbers, with undocumented immigrant parents, will be able to get stimulus payments.
Wendy Cervantes was quoted about how 2.2 million of children who have a Social Security Number and undocumented parents can receive the stimulus check.