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The reforms brought on by the pandemic need to serve as our baseline as we continue to imagine systems that support those impacted by the criminal legal system
Last Friday’s jobs report is a stark reminder that only when we invest in solutions that directly benefit workers who’ve been most affected by the pandemic’s toll will everyone experience our nation’s economic recovery. An equitable recovery requires policymakers to invest in an equity-focused subsidized employment initiative that supports people our nation has too often left behind.
May was National Foster Care Month, a time to uplift those working to provide vital services to foster care youth around the country. New Deal for Youth Changemaker Yusef Presley has used his lived experience to highlight the need for increased resources and care for foster youth, particularly foster youth of color.
CLASP's roundup of the top AFP provisions that support people with low incomes.
On March 31, 2021, President Joe Biden declared April 2021 Second Chance Month, bringing attention to the unjust criminal justice system in the United States that unevenly enforces laws and creates conditions for recidivism rather than restoration.
This statement can be attributed to Olivia Golden, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy.
This statement can be attributed to Olivia Golden, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy.
This data visualization presents the death rate from COVID-19 in every state for those who are incarcerated compared to that of the general population, per 100,000.
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) enthusiastically endorses the Biden-Harris Administration’s proposal to address the nation’s infrastructure as outlined by President Biden.
Today, young adult leaders from across the country called on the Biden Administration, Members of Congress, public and private sectors decisionmakers to support Why We Can’t Wait: A New Deal for Youth, a policy effort to address the urgent economic and social challenges facing young people in America and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.