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"New research from the Center for Law and Social Policy and National Women's Law Center shows it will take at least $9.6 billion a month to both ensure care is available for frontline providers today and that we have a system to come back to tomorrow."
A new joint analysis report by CLASP and National Women's Law Center about child care during the coronavirus crisis was featured in this article.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) is another step forward in providing economic relief to families, workers, and businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
On January 22, 2020 CLASP sent this letter of support for H.R. 4996 to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This bill would encourage states to extend Medicaid coverage to one year postpartum.
This is an overview of our Moving on Maternal Depression (MOMD) initiative. Through MOMD, CLASP is collaborating with states to advance policies that improve maternal depression prevention, screening, and treatment among mothers with young children.
This fact sheet provides demographic information about Michigan’s infants and toddlers and their families. It also explains the current policy landscape, including threats and opportunities at the state level, as well as proposed policy actions to improve wellbeing.
Three million Americans living in poverty are either a mother who has experienced depression or a young adult who has experienced serious psychological distress. Untreated mental health needs have significant consequences for mothers and young adults as well as their families.
A new brief from CLASP and ZERO TO THREE highlights the importance of health insurance to infants, toddlers, and their families as well as historic gains in coverage made under the Affordable Care Act.
The stakes are high for young children—along with their families and the early childhood providers who care for them—in Congressional efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cut Medicaid.
This brief outlines the importance of health insurance for children and their parents as well as current threats to the ACA and Medicaid.