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INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
FEBRUARY 2020
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Block Grants by Another Name: Still a Bad Idea
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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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Key Blog Posts and Publications
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JANUARY 15, 2019 | LAUREN WALIZER
State Strategies for Addressing College Students’ Basic Needs
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.
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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?
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.
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JANUARY 16, 2020 | CLASP
CLASP Comments on Nebraska's Medicaid Section 1115 Heritage Health Adult Expansion Demonstration
CLASP wrote comments on Nebraska's Medicaid Section 1115 Heritage Health Adult Expansion demonstration.
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JANUARY 24, 2020 | ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH & LENA O'ROURKE
New Year: Medicaid Waiver Fights Continue
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.
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JANUARY 27, 2020 | LAUREN WALIZER
State Options to Increase College Student Access to Public Benefits
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.
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JANUARY 27, 2020 | HANNAH MATTHEWS
Parents and Children Thriving Together: A Framework for Two-Generation Policy and System Reform
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.
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JANUARY 27, 2020 | CLASP
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trump Administration to Implement Anti-immigrant Regulation
The Supreme Court temporarily lifted nationwide court orders blocking implementation of the public charge regulation, which threatens the health, nutrition & housing of families.
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JANUARY 28, 2020 | REBECCA ULLRICH
The Final Public Charge Rule: Five Things Early Childhood Stakeholders Need to Know
On January 27, the Supreme Court lifted a preliminary injunction from New York that prevented the public charge regulation from going into effect nationwide.
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JANUARY 29, 2020 | ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH
CLASP Comments on SSA’s Proposal to Increase the Frequency of Disability Reviews
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.
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JANUARY 30, 2020 | CLASP
Medicaid Block Grants Are Another Way to Cut Health Care
Statement from Olivia Golden about how Medicaid block grants would harm people with low incomes and states.
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