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INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
FEBRUARY 2020

Block Grants by Another Name: Still a Bad Idea
New guidance and a waiver application package would allow states to convert a portion of their Medicaid programs to block grants. This would undermine Medicaid, worsen health, put state budgets at risk, and deepen the next recession.
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Advocates Urge Families to Fight Fear with Facts, As Public Charge Implementation Date Announced CLASP and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) released a joint statement on the February 24 implementation date for the public charge regulation.
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Frequently Asked Questions About SNAP and Students Access to SNAP promotes food security, improves wellbeing, and reduces poverty. Today's college students require greater support than ever before, given the many difficulties they encounter including food insecurity. SNAP can alleviate food insecurity for students, though few who could benefit are receiving SNAP.
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In the News

JANUARY 13, 2020 | WOWT 6
New SNAP Regulation Leads to Food Insecurity on College Campuses [ [link removed] ]

JANUARY 20, 2020 | INSIDE HIGHER ED
Effects of SNAP Changes [ [link removed] ]

JANUARY 27, 2020 | WALL STREET JOURNAL
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Implement Income-Based Restrictions on Immigration [ [link removed] ]

JANUARY 28, 2020 | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
UH Cougar Cupboard to Fuel Student Success [ [link removed] ]


Key Blog Posts and Publications

JANUARY 15, 2019 | LAUREN WALIZER State Strategies for Addressing College Students' Basic Needs [ [link removed] ]
This brief discusses lessons learned from states enacting changes to increase student access to basic needs programs and developing a comprehensive and collaborative strategy to dedicate themselves to this work long-term.

JANUARY 16, 2020 | OLIVIA GOLDEN A Look At 2010 to 2020 and Beyond: How Does the Past Decade Shape the Nation's-and CLASP's-Future? [ [link removed] ]
Olivia Golden reflects on CLASP's work over the last decade and looks ahead to how the organization will continue its efforts for economic and racial justice in the 2020s.

JANUARY 16, 2020 | CLASP CLASP Comments on Nebraska's Medicaid Section 1115 Heritage Health Adult Expansion Demonstration [ [link removed] ]
CLASP wrote comments on Nebraska's Medicaid Section 1115 Heritage Health Adult Expansion demonstration.

JANUARY 24, 2020 | ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH & LENA O'ROURKE New Year: Medicaid Waiver Fights Continue [ [link removed] ]
We anticipate 2020 will be another busy year for Medicaid waivers. States submitted several dangerous proposals to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the end of last year, and we're awaiting the outcomes. Other bad waivers are scheduled to take effect in the coming months.

JANUARY 27, 2020 | LAUREN WALIZER State Options to Increase College Student Access to Public Benefits [ [link removed] ]
This document discusses a range of policy and practice options that states can undertake to increase college student access to public benefits. The intention of the piece is to stimulate state discussion, research, planning, partnership building, and action.

JANUARY 27, 2020 | HANNAH MATTHEWS Parents and Children Thriving Together: A Framework for Two-Generation Policy and System Reform [ [link removed] ]
This brief summarizes the lessons learned from a two-year technical assistance initiative and provides a framework to help guide state leaders trying to implement two-generation policy and systems reform strategies.

JANUARY 27, 2020 | CLASP Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trump Administration to Implement Anti-immigrant Regulation [ [link removed] ]
The Supreme Court temporarily lifted nationwide court orders blocking implementation of the public charge regulation, which threatens the health, nutrition & housing of families.

JANUARY 28, 2020 | REBECCA ULLRICH The Final Public Charge Rule: Five Things Early Childhood Stakeholders Need to Know [ [link removed] ]
On January 27, the Supreme Court lifted a preliminary injunction from New York that prevented the public charge regulation from going into effect nationwide.

JANUARY 29, 2020 | ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH CLASP Comments on SSA's Proposal to Increase the Frequency of Disability Reviews [ [link removed] ]
CLASP submitted comments in opposition to the Social Security Administration's proposal to increase the frequency with which people who have been determined eligible for disability benefits must submit paperwork to prove their continuing disability.

JANUARY 30, 2020 | CLASP Medicaid Block Grants Are Another Way to Cut Health Care [ [link removed] ]
Statement from Olivia Golden about how Medicaid block grants would harm people with low incomes and states.

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What We're Reading

THE WASHINGTON POST
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Proceed With 'Wealth Test' Rules for Immigrants [ [link removed] ]

ALABAMA ARISE
A Strong Safety Net Means a Stronger Alabama for All [ [link removed] ]

HEALTH AFFAIRS
The Trump Administration's Continued Attack on The Nutrition Safety Net: At What Cost? [ [link removed] ]

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Take the Quiz: Could You Manage as a Poor American? [ [link removed] ]

NBC NEWS
Change in Food Stamp Work Requirements Leaves States Scrambling to Limit Fallout [ [link removed] ]

CAL MATTERS
California, 13 Other States Sue to Stop Trump's Food Stamp Cuts [ [link removed] ]

THE WASHINGTON POST
Reparations Mean More Than Money for a Family Who Endured Slavery and Japanese American Internment [ [link removed] ]

PEOPLE'S POLICY PROJECT
How to Fix Our Existing Welfare State [ [link removed] ]

TAX POLICY CENTER
Racial Disparities and the Income Tax System [ [link removed] ]


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