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."
On July 15, the CTC will help families breathe a little easier by lessening hard choices. The monthly payments means parents will no longer have to worry as much about how to pay rent, childcare costs, buying food, and which one to try to sacrifice for…
During COVID-19, everyday people are suddenly confronting zero-hour work weeks, unemployment, food shortages, housing fears, and lack of access to health care. This is what people in poverty have been experiencing for years. My fear is that the people whose lives were already hard, will…