This week: Child Poverty More Than Doubled in 2022
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
September 21, 2023
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Child Poverty More Than Doubled in 2022
On September 12, the Census Bureau released new statistics measuring poverty, income, and health insurance rates from 2022. The Supplemental Poverty Measure shows that the child poverty rate more than doubled, going from 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022, which is the largest one-year increase on record. This unfortunate outcome reflects a policy choice by federal lawmakers, who allowed the expanded child tax credit (CTC) from 2021—the policy credited with reducing child poverty to an all-time low—to expire. As CLASP President and Executive Director Indi Dutta Gupta notes in our statement [[link removed]] , “As the expanded CTC revealed in 2021, we have the tools to end child poverty in this country. We just need the political will to use them.”
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up
to
the
Census
poverty
announcement.
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Tok,
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Indi
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take
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the
data
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chat
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experts
Suma
Setty
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Lorena
Roque
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Read
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Coy’s
New
York
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column
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poverty
measurement
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featuring
Indi
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a
Voice
of
America
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Elizabeth
Lower-Basch,
deputy
executive
director
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policy.
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Workplace Surveillance: Overwork’s Racist Roots
Technological innovation has always been a central determining factor of job quality. It is essential that strong public policy prevents technology from insidiously claiming control over a worker’s body, time, and autonomy.
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Making Copayments Affordable As Child Care Emergency Funding Expires
COVID-19 child care relief funding and related waiver authority allowed many states to temporarily waive family copayments, but this authority and funding is set to expire soon. Copayments must be more affordable and the system must be clearer to help families access child care, but this is only possible with increased and sustained public investment.
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Equity Matters: Addressing Poverty, Racial Injustice, and Threats to Multiracial Democracy
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Did You Know? With COVID-19 relief resources, the total combined child care spending in FY2020 was $16.4 billion, a 23 percent increase from FY2019. [[link removed]]
The new report Unified, Safe, and Well: Building Life-Affirming Systems for Justice-Impacted Families [[link removed]] identifies and analyzes challenges across existing policy reforms created to address family separation through incarceration. It includes recommendations for harm reduction and systems transformation to address family separation.
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CLASP in the News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 | VOA NEWS
US Child Poverty Spiked With End of COVID Support Programs [[link removed]]
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 | POPULAR INFORMATION
Child Poverty Is a Choice [[link removed]]
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 | WASHINGTON POST
Opinion | We let child poverty soar last year. We could choose differently. [[link removed]]
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 | NPR
Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows [[link removed]]
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 | PRISM
2 years after Texas’ SB 8, advocates reflect on its impact across the US [[link removed]]
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 | NEW YORK TIMES
The Unfinished Pursuit of a Better Poverty Measure [[link removed]]
Upcoming Events
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September 27: Wendy Cervantes will participate in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Policy Roundtable . The discussion with members of Congress, and stakeholders will focus on pressing immigration issues for the Hispanic community.
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September 28: Isha Weerasinghe will speak at Nyoo Health’s event “ Understanding Mental Health Over a Woman's Lifetime .” Register here. [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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September 15 : Indivar Dutta-Gupta spoke at “Breakfast for Equity: Beyond the Square” hosted by Norris Square Community Alliance in Philadelphia, PA. He discussed how to address challenges facing communities that live in poverty.
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September 12: Nia West-Bey presented at the Children's Hospital Association Executive Dialogue meeting in Denver, CO. She discussed innovations in youth mental health and opportunities for cross-sector collaboration to support mental health needs.
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September 12: Ashley Burnside presented at Urban Institute’s webinar, " Using TANF to Support Guaranteed Income or Cash Transfer Programs ."
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