Happy Holidays! And a Look Back at 2024 

This year has brought significant wins for the policies and communities that CLASP champions. But as the outcome of the November election made clear, 2025 will require all hands on deck. We are ready for the challenges ahead, thanks in large part to the focus that CLASP puts on both internal and external collaboration.  

The importance of collaboration was on our minds as we reflected on the year and has guided our choice of 10 highlights for CLASP in 2024. You’ll find content developed with partner organizations, cross-cutting reports, and the launch of a new policy coalition that CLASP is proud to have co-founded – all examples of collaboration in action.

2024 Highlights   

Policy Framework for Immigrant Mental Health 

Empowerment in Action: The Journey of How the Community Partnership Group Redefines Anti-Poverty Policy Through Lived Experience 

Child Care Assistance Landscape: Inequities in Federal and State Eligibility and Access 

A Framework for the Gig Economy: Why We Must Protect Workers & Hold Corporations Accountable 

Working People Need Access to Paid Leave 

Securing Our Future: The Need for a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers 

Expanding Access to Child Care Assistance: Opportunities in the Child Care and Development Fund 

Good Jobs Collaborative 

The Child Tax Credit: What’s at Stake? 

The FAMILY Act 

Forging a Path into 2025

We were pleased to close out 2024 with one more collaboration: a December 11th post-election webinar entitled “Forging a Path Forward.” This event featured panelists from Demos, Children’s Defense Fund, the National Immigration Law Center, and HIT Strategies. CLASP was honored to facilitate this important and timely conversation. Our partnerships, coalitions, and collaborations are more essential than ever, and we are optimistic about what we can accomplish when we lock arms and move ahead as one.

Please Consider CLASP in Your Year-End Giving

All of us at CLASP wish you and yours a happy holiday season and a healthy 2025. We know that our work on behalf of immigrants, people of color, and people with low incomes will be even more vital in the coming year, as we anticipate serious challenges to the well-being and livelihoods of these and other communities. As you wrap up your year-end giving plans, please consider a donation to CLASP. Your support is crucial to helping us advance policy solutions that promote economic, social, and racial justice.