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CLASP responds to latest poverty data showing a drop resulting from federal programs to address the pandemic and recession. Congress must continue this investment through the Build Back Better Act.
A recent update to the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) will result in an average 27% increase in benefits to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of many important steps to ensure that people experiencing poverty can afford the food they need to live and thrive.
Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about how "people’s image of public benefits is driven by stereotypes.”
Access to food, cash assistance, health care, and housing are pathways to economic justice that everyone deserves—no matter their citizenship status. However, federal restrictions enacted 25 years ago interfere with the ability of immigrants to secure critical benefits with significant consequences to their and their families’ wellbeing.
CLASP was referenced about the effect of Child Tax Credit on other government programs.
"Ashley Burnside, a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), describes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, as a 'critical tool in supporting student retention.'”
CLASP urges Congress to pass legislation to support students in completing their degrees, remove burdensome work requirements, and help end student hunger.
Adequate access to food is economic justice. But too many people with low incomes are forced to stretch their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because they’re not enough to cover the cost of food.
Parker Gilkesson was a contributor to TIME Magazine's "40 Ways to Build a More Equitable America" feature.
CLASP's roundup of the top AFP provisions that support people with low incomes.