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In this article, Elizabeth Lower-Basch is quoted extensively about major flaws in Representative Paul Ryan's poverty plan.
In his 2015 budget, President Barack Obama calls for expanding tax breaks for low-income workers. Republicans are pushing welfare reform and an overhaul of social programs. Debate over government efforts to reduce poverty.
An Oct. 2013 report by the advocacy group CLASP found that 91 percent of Head Start children and 85 percent of Early Head Start children received a medical screening. Nearly 12 percent had a disability (13 percent in Early Head Start), with 45 percent diagnosed after enrollment! Early intervention and services are simply invaluable.
CLASP Executive Director Olivia Golden sits down with Diane Rehm and two other panelists to discuss Jesmyn Ward's book Salvage the Bones.
This article discusses CLASP's report on child care assistance falling to a record low in 2014.
CLASP Executive Director Olivia Golden sits down with the Washington Journal to discuss Head Start and what it means to the American people.
This article references a CLASP conference call on business reaction to paid sick days.
CLASP Executive Director Olivia Golden spoke with Ray Suarez, host of “Inside Story” on Al Jazeera America, about successes and failures in the war on poverty and where we go from here.
This article cites CLASP's research on the explosion of drug screening and testing policies in connection with public benefits.
The students from the most well off families receive the most tax-based federal college financial aid, which has become a big piece of the federal aid pie, according to a recent report from The Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery (RADD) Consortium for Higher Education Tax Reform.