Last year, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) released a report, Putting the Pieces Together for Families with Young Children: Aligning State Health and Human Services, Nutrition, Child Care, and Paid Family and Medical Leave. This report highlights the challenges parents of young…
Given the expiration of the final child care relief investments and the need for resources to implement the new Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) final rule, investments in child care in the FY2025 budget are critically important to ensure that positive progress made at the…
In the most recent “Last Week Tonight” show, John Oliver focused on student debt and cited a 2022 report we co-authored with the National Consumer Law Center. Our report addressed the disproportionate impact of student debt on Black borrowers.
Today’s final rule on Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the administration’s latest effort in a strategy to support the families who need care and the providers they depend on.
This week: Proposal to dismantle asylum would harm children, families RECENTLY FROM CLASP February 8, 2024 Short-sighted, Punitive Proposal to Dismantle Asylum Would Harm Children, Families Earlier this week, CLASP issued a statement urging Congress to reject harmful legislation that would gut the U.S. asylum system and…
CLASP Senior Policy Analyst, Tiffany Ferrette gave a keynote address at the Las Vegas My Brother’s Keeper Alliance in partnership with the Children’s Advocacy Alliance of Nevada on January 11, 2024. Tiffany’s address, titled ‘Persistence: How ours and their define the future,’ discussed the importance of equity to…
New results from the survey conducted by Data for Progress in collaboration with CLASP demonstrate the employment and financial challenges that parents face due to inaccessible child care.
On December 9, 2023, Tiffany Ferrette spoke on a panel titled “Expanding Access to Child Care” at the 2023 Council of State Governments conference. Tiffany provided an overview of the current national child care landscape, state priorities and advancements, and the importance of child care and…
On December 1, Rachel Wilensky and Alycia Hardy presented on “Inequitable Access to Child Care: What it Looks Like and What can be Done About It,” at the 2023 BUILD Conference in Los Angeles, California. The session included a preview of new state level demographic…