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The American Families Plan (AFP) released today by the Biden-Harris Administration reflects the full range of bold proposals needed to transform the economy so it truly works for children, young people, women, and families.
Senate passage of the American Rescue Plan brings overdue help one step closer to the hardest hit.
Today, young leaders at the helm of A New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) released the following statement calling for swift passage of the American Rescue Plan, while noting how it still fails to address the specific challenges facing young people in America that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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.
New data paints a portrait of the state of young people, both before and since the pandemic
Statement from CLASP about the woefully inadequate COVID-relief proposal from tthe Senate Republicans.
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal poverty and uninsurance rates declined in 2016 as a result of successful government programs. However, far too many people still live in poverty, lack opportunity, and face structural barriers.
CLASP released this statement on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education.
CLASP issued this statement on the inadequacies of federal funding included in the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution for the needs of poor, low-income people.
President Obama on Tuesday proposed a federal budget for fiscal year 2017 (FY2017) that affirms the central importance of supporting economic opportunity for all by calling for a comprehensive series of investments in child care and early education, low-income and out-of-school youth, postsecondary education, workforce development, safety-net programs, and worker protections.