These resources are from CLASP’s Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative. WSS was a multi-year, foundation-funded initiative providing states financial support and technical assistance to reform their delivery of public benefits.
Work Support Strategies (WSS) supports six diverse states (Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and South Carolina) to put in place improvements in front-line practice, systems, and policies to increase the share of families th
Earlier this month, I had the chance to testify in the latest of four Congressional hearings that Chairman Paul Ryan of the House Committee on the Budget has held about the War on Poverty, which marks its 50th anniversary this year.
This report from CLASP and the Urban Institute addresses two important challenges faced by low-income families eligible for child care assistance: burdensome administrative processes that make it difficult to get and keep child care benefits, and the cumulative challenges clients face when they try to…
On July 31, 2013, the House Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on improving the safety net. Witnesses described what improvements are needed to the nation's safety net programs, but more importantly, one witness highlighted what is already being done in their state to better…
CLASP is pleased to be part of the Work Support Strategies Initiative (WSS), a multi-state effort to design and test cutting-edge improvements in policy, service delivery, and technology to help low-income working families get and keep the benefit
States involved in the Work Support Strategies (WSS) project are making administrative and programmatic decisions that help families more easily acquire benefits for which they're eligible.