For decades, the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has enforced a monthly asset limitof $2,000 for individuals and $3,000 for married couples. These outdated limits, which have not changed since 1989, may have initially been intended to ensure strict eligibility. But now they act…
Ashley Blair, member of CLASP's Community Partnership Group, describes how raising children brings joy, but also financial strain, career sacrifice, and urgent need for stronger public policy supports.
True food justice means expanding choice, trusting families, and crafting policies that reflect the full diversity of how communities eat, live, and thrive. Anything less undermines the very purpose of these program
This new paper traces the CPG’s journey from inception to impact, examines the inevitable challenges and hard lessons that come with building something new, and calls for a future where people experiencing poverty are at the center of the policy decisions that affect them.
Please join the Community Partnership Group (CPG) on Tuesday, June 25, at 1 p.m. ET for an insightful webinar exploring the crucial work of co-creating policies alongside individuals with lived experience. Embark on a journey with Barbie Izquierdo, Tamika Moore, and Alice Aluoch as they…
2023 SNAP Policy Conference – 10th Conference Anniversary Co-presenters: Jesse Fairbanks (they/them), Policy Analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and Tamika Moore (she/her), Lived Experience Expert and Founding Member of CLASP’s Community Partnership Group will be presenting at the 2023 SNAP…
This report highlights recommendations to make substantive changes to SNAP, helping to redress the racist underpinnings of the program. These critical changes are necessary to move SNAP toward becoming an anti-racist program.
About Us Building Power Through Lived Experience The Community Partnership Group (CPG) at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national initiative that reimagines anti-poverty advocacy by centering the voices of those most impacted by public benefit programs. We believe the people…
"I’m tired. I’m tired because as a person with direct experience of poverty working in the policy realm, it’s hard doing this work when you’re still living this work."