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While Congress has excluded millions of immigrants and their families in recently enacted COVID-19 legislation, states have stepped up to fill the gap by providing relief to immigrant families.
COVID-19 reminds us how fragile our health insurance system is, and how insurance is either tied to someone’s employment and/or entirely inaccessible. CLASP outlines enrollment options for individuals and steps for states to make insurance more accessible.
I testified at a Congressional hearing on a proposal to eliminate SNAP benefits for 3.1 million recipients, including almost 1 million children. In these difficult times, our country must ensure those in need have safe, affordable, and nutritious food. That’s the plea I made during that Congressional hearing before this pandemic, and it’s even more important now.
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) hosted a webinar, exploring how income support provisions in the COVID-19 response legislation intersect with existing public benefits.
CLASP submitted comments on Missouri’s Targeted Benefits for Pregnant Women and Demonstration.
Statement from Olivia Golden on priorities for next COVID-19 response legislation.
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.
Any coronavirus response and economic stimulus package must focus on people with low incomes and communities of color because their needs are urgent. None of us can be safe and healthy unless all of us are.
Ten years ago today, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of health care for economic and physical wellbeing. It is especially important to make known the successes of the ACA, especially during the critical time our country is now facing.
"But according to Pronita Gupta...workers should get up to 10 days of paid sick leave for the coronavirus pandemic, as well as paid family and medical leave, and unemployment insurance."