CLASP Releases DOGE Tracker, Statements on HHS Cuts and Child Deportations

In response to the continued assaults on programs and policies that support economic, social, and racial justice, CLASP released several statements highlighting particularly harmful actions and decisions made by the Trump Administration: 

• New Tracker Documents DOGE’s Harms to Children, Families, People with Low Incomes 

CLASP is pleased to present the DOGE tracker, our new interactive data tool, which is designed to help users explore and document proposed and enacted reductions to federal programs by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). We will update this spreadsheet continually to provide up-to-date, accessible data to help monitor the scope and impact of DOGE’s actions.  

• Children’s Groups Outraged by Deportation of U.S. Citizen Children without Due Process 

The Children Thrive Action Network, a coalition led by CLASP, issued a statement condemning the Trump Administration’s deportation of citizen children as part of its mass deportation crusade. 

• Proposed Cuts to HHS Services Would Devastate Families, Children, Workers, and the Economy 

CLASP’s statement on leaked reports that the Trump Administration plans to propose $40 billion in cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services focused on what the loss of funds would mean for children, families, and marginalized communities. 

Medicaid Cuts Come Into Focus: Millions Stand to Lose Health Care

On the heels of reporting about Congressional Republicans’ likely cuts to Medicaid, Suzanne Wikle’s blog unpacks how these cuts will really affect millions of Americans.

The Nomination of Crystal Carey for NLRB General Counsel is Dangerous for Unions and Workers’ Rights 

Lulit Shewan’s blog examines the threat to unions and workers’ rights posed by the nomination of Crystel Carey as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, especially given Carey’s long career of defending employers and challenging the NLRB’s work.

The Trump Administration, Earth Day, and Environmental Racism

On the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, Kaelin Rapport reflects on the danger the Trump Administration poses to conservation, sustainable energy, and environmental and racial justice. 

In “Medicaid Financing: Dangers of Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Summary and Full Report,” Suzanne Wikle examines the potential negative consequences of changes to Medicaid financing.