This week: Immigrants' Access to Benefits, Medicaid, and Child Care
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
June 15, 2023
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Still at Risk: The Urgent Need to Address Immigration Enforcement’s Harms to Children
In partnership with UnidosUS, the CLASP immigration team published a new report on the impact of punitive interior enforcement on children in immigrant and mixed-status families. Despite an overall downward trend in arrests and removals since 2009, interior enforcement measures have lasting negative impacts on children, undermining their health and economic security while failing to keep communities safe. Read recommendations for policy reforms that prioritize children and preserve family unity in the report and companion piece [[link removed]] on the CLASP blog.
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Medicaid Unwinding Data Shows Need for States, CMS to Limit Loss of Coverage [[link removed]]
Since April, when states began unwinding the pandemic-era continuous coverage provision, hundreds of thousands of people have lost Medicaid coverage—for procedural reasons rather than ineligibility. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) must work with states or use its own authority to halt coverage losses, writes health policy expert Suzanne Wikle.
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Celebrate Hope, Resilience, and Determination this Immigrant Heritage Month [[link removed]]
CLASP celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month in June by honoring the immigrant experience through a series of stories [[link removed]] . Reflecting on her own immigration journey 20 years ago, policy analyst Alejandra Londono Gomez reminds us that behind every policy or statistic are stories of parents who “risked everything to give their children a better life” and children who “grow up with the weight of their parents’ sacrifices on their shoulders.”
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Expanding Access to Child Care Assistance: Opportunities in the Child Care and Development Fund
A new report from CLASP’s child care and early education team identifies opportunities to expand access to child care assistance through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Despite decades of underfunding and a history of racial bias, CCDF offers states flexibility to design more equitable programs through four main channels: improving access to information; streamlining and simplifying application processes and eligibility rules; increasing affordability through waiving or capping co-payments for parents; and recruiting providers that meet a range of family needs.
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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]]
Yet, these individuals are barred from accessing SNAP, Medicaid, and other public programs for five years. Legislation re-introduced today in the 118th Congress would lift the five-year ban on benefits for immigrants who are legal residents. Read CLASP’s statement [[link removed]] on the LIFT the BAR Act.
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Editor’s note: The June 1 edition of Recently from CLASP included an incorrect figure for the number of workers without access to paid sick leave. It is 34 million, not 44 million. Access the brief here. [[link removed]]
CLASP in the News
JUNE 2, 2023 | MARKETPLACE
We have a debt ceiling deal. So what happens next? [[link removed]]
JUNE 6, 2023 | AMERICAN PROSPECT
The Looming Child Care Cliff [[link removed]]
JUNE 9, 2023 | AXIOS
Debt deal sets stage for stricter SNAP rules [[link removed]]
JUNE 8 | INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA
Congress' debt deal may hinder a new Indiana law to extend TANF benefits to thousands of families [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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June 5: Deanie Anyangwe and Alycia Hardy presented their forthcoming research on government-sanctioned family separation, alternatives to incarceration for parents and caregivers, and policies to transform systems that criminalize race and poverty at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management’s Family Unity convening.
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June 10: Nia West-Bey presented research findings and a draft framework for public health’s role in suicide prevention and mental health at the Mental Health America annual conference.
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June 12: Lorena Roque and Alejandra Londono-Gomez presented about farmworker policies, child labor, and recent immigration updates at the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association policy forum. [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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June 21: Members of the youth team will host a Capitol Hill briefing and press conference in partnership with Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) that features changemakers from the New Deal for Youth coalition . You can attend the 11:00 am briefing by watching the livestream at this link. [[link removed]]
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June 22 : Juan Gomez, Suma Setty, and Wendy Cervantes will speak at the National Immigration Summit: Our Shared Future. Find out more here [[link removed]] .
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