This week: Addressing Child Poverty in Upcoming Tax Package
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
August 22, 2024
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Anticipated High Child Poverty Rate Can Be Addressed in Upcoming Tax Package
The annual poverty data released each September by the U.S. Census Bureau showed an amazing drop in child poverty from 2020 to 2021, followed by a heartbreaking return to previous levels in 2022. We’re not expecting major changes when the poverty data for 2023 are released next month. But the 2025 tax package provides an opportunity for improvement.
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Nurturing the Next Generation of Policy Advocates
One way CLASP contributes to policy advocacy is by providing interns with substantive work experiences as they embark on their careers. This summer, we were pleased to host six talented and passionate interns who were placed with us by the Truman Scholarship Foundation, Congressional Hunger Center, University of California Washington Center, and Roosevelt Institute. They each contributed in meaningful ways to our work, and we wanted to highlight just some of the resources they created and the projects they helped manage:
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Ensuring
Best
Practices
in
English
Learner
Programs
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Celeste
Dorantes
(Communications
intern)
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Achieving
Reproductive
Justice
for
Immigrants
Through
the
HEAL
for
Immigrant
Families
Act
and
the
LIFT
the
BAR
Act
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Gabrielle
Chiodo
(Immigration
intern)
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Meeting
the
Needs
of
Asylum
Seekers:
Eligibility
Bars
Hinder
States
From
Helping
New
Arrivals
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Yasmine
Elkharssa
(Immigration
and
Legislative
intern)
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New
TANF
Pilot
Allows
States
to
Help
Families
Achieve
Their
Goals
in
Place
of
Outdated
Work
Measure
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Fiona
Lu
(Public
Benefits
Justice
intern)
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Webinar:
Amplifying
Voices
with
Lived
Experience
for
Meaningful
Engagement
and
Change
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Tylah
Harrison
(Public
Benefits
Justice
intern)
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Cost-Sharing
for
Child
Care:
Looking
at
the
Tri-Share
Model
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Elijah
Rassoul
(Child
Care
and
Early
Education
intern)
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Celebrating 25 Years of Child Care and Early Education Policy at CLASP!
For 25 years, CLASP's Child Care and Early Education team has been instrumental in ensuring that millions of families with children have equitable access to affordable and quality care and education. Looking ahead to the next 25 years, our vision remains the same: to advance racial, gender, and economic justice by centering people with lived experience to advocate for equitable access to affordable child care and early education that meets families' and providers' needs.
Join us for a hybrid celebration on September 25!
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CLASP Explains CTC on NPR
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is shaping up to be a critical issue, both during the election and when Congress considers next year’s tax package. Ashley Burnside was interviewed on NPR for a story about the CTC, which cut child poverty in half in 2021.
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Community-Driven Policies and Practices is a place-based project inspired by community organizing. A core team of staff at CLASP and a steering committee of community activists facilitated a series of power-building sessions across the country with people from a rich diversity of communities. Over six meetings, these groups drafted an advocacy plan to implement policy goals to advance their vision for economic justice.
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CLASP in the News
AUGUST 15, 2024 | DAME
What Guaranteed Income Could Do for Young Americans [[link removed]]
AUGUST 14, 2024 | COLUMBUS FREE PRESS
57 people who were deported ask President Biden to let them come home [[link removed]]
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