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CLASP's New Deal for Youth was featured in this article about solutions for youth unemployment.
Dr. Nia West-Bey and Nat Baldino were quoted in this article about the impact of toxic work environments for young people.
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.
This fact sheet defines, details, and advocates for an equity-centered national subsidized employment program.
CLASP joined Heartland Alliance, the National Youth Employment Coalition and nearly 100 national and local organizations calling on Congress to include an equity-centered national subsidized employment program as a part of the forthcoming recovery package as recommended by President Biden in his American Jobs Plan.
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.
New Deal 4 Youth Changemaker Connor Kalahiki was quoted in this article.
Dr. Nia West-Bey and other New Deal for Youth changemakers were featured on a podcast about the launch of #WhyWeCantWait: A New Deal for Youth.
Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the maximum Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for workers without children in the household would increase from $543 to $1,502. That difference is the price of a car repair, of one month’s rent, or of a laptop for school. Congress must pass this bill and provide critical relief to workers who are paid low incomes during the economic crisis.
Senate passage of the American Rescue Plan brings overdue help one step closer to the hardest hit.