This week: Debt Limit, Work Requirements, Paid Sick Time
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
June 1, 2023
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Debt Limit Bill Averts Major Disaster, Doesn’t Solve Long-Term Issues
Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan budget agreement by a vote of 314 to 117. Fortunately, the deal excludes many of the draconian budget cuts and policy changes proposed by extremists in the House Republican caucus earlier this month. But it does include several provisions that would deeply harm people struggling to make ends meet. And the measure does nothing to correct the nation’s revenue shortfall.
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AAPI Heritage Month, Transcending the Myth [[link removed]]
AAPI Heritage Month, which wrapped up yesterday, is a good time to recognize the importance of moving beyond performative activism and toward tangible action. We should encourage and hear all AAPI voices, especially youth voices, in the policy-making process.
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Work Requirements Won’t Solve Labor Shortage [[link removed]]
The debt ceiling compromise bill expands work requirements in SNAP and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program—despite decades of research demonstrating that these requirements don’t lead people into jobs or lift them out of poverty. Two CLASP experts wrote an op-ed explaining the fallacy of work requirements and why they hurt, rather than help, people. The commentary ran in The Progressive and has been picked by many other media outlets nationwide—including Seattle Times [[link removed]] .
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Mental Health Awareness Month Roundup
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CLASP recognized Mental Health Awareness Month in May by examining the intersection of mental health with other issues important to people with low incomes. We looked at the critical role of paid leave in supporting maternal mental health [[link removed]] . And we wrote about a new program in Los Angeles that will deliver mental health peer support in youth workforce development programs [[link removed]] .
Did You Know? Despite the rise in state and local laws, CLASP finds that 44 million workers, or 23 percent of the civilian labor force, still lack paid sick leave. [[link removed]]
CLASP analysis reveals that in states with statewide and municipal laws, a much higher percentage of workers have access to paid sick leave. Our new brief examines access to paid sick leave at the national and state level by income, gender, and hours worked.
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CLASP in the News
MAY 31, 2023 | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT
An Unemployment System Frozen in Amber [[link removed]]
MAY 31, 2023 | NBC NEWS
Anti-hunger advocates slam the expanded work requirements for SNAP participants in the Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal [[link removed]]
MAY 31, 2023 | CAPITAL & MAIN
Changes in Pandemic-Era Benefits Mean New Hardship for Millions [[link removed]]
MAY 25, 2023 | EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION
How to Cover Disparities in Early Childhood Education Systems [[link removed]]
MAY 25, 2023 | THE JOB NEWSLETTER
Measuring Quality [[link removed]]
MAY 23, 2023 | MARKETPLACE
Which dominoes fall first if the debt ceiling is breached? [[link removed]]
Upcoming Events
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June 2 : Clarence Okoh, senior policy counsel with the CLASP youth team, speaks on student data privacy issues at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in Atlanta.
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June 21 : Members of the youth team and New Deal for Youth changemakers will hold an in-person briefing on Capitol Hill about how lawmakers can share decision-making power and sustain engagement with youth. RSVP here [[link removed]] .
Recent Events
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On May 24, Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst with the income and work supports team, presented her research on the child tax credit at an Urban Institute event [[link removed]] on lessons learned and next steps for states.
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On May 12, New Deal for Youth Changemaker Angel Jackson spoke on a panel at the Atlanta Economic Mobility Forum. Watch the event here [[link removed]] .
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