This week: Reconciliation Bill Blog Series, CLASP Welcomes Wendy Chun-Hoon as New President
#link [#link]
RECENTLY FROM CLASP
May 15, 2025
[[link removed]]
The Budget Reconciliation’s Impact on People with Low Incomes: Blog Series
As Congress works to advance the proposed budget reconciliation bill of 2025, CLASP’s new blog series examines the policies put forward that have resonance for children, families, and communities with low incomes. The first two installments have already been published, with more to come as work on the bill continues:
* House Judiciary Committee’s Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Immigrant Families and U.S. Citizen Children [[link removed]]
* How the Education & Workforce Committee’s Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Students with Low Incomes [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]
CLASP Welcomes Wendy Chun-Hoon as President and Executive Director
In March, CLASP’s Board of Trustees announced [[link removed]] that Wendy Chun-Hoon would be the organization’s next president and executive director. Chun-Hoon [[link removed]] , who brings a wealth of leadership and experience across CLASP’s issue areas, began her new role today. We welcome her to CLASP!
CLASP Statements on Proposed Cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services
In response to House and Senate committee hearings yesterday, CLASP submitted statements to the House Committee on Appropriations [[link removed]] and the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions [[link removed]] about proposed program cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services.
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship EO: What’s at Stake for Children?
Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. In her new blog, Wendy Cervantes examines the potential harms to children and families if the order is allowed to stand.
READ MOre [[link removed]]
100 Days of Attacks on DEIA: What’s at Stake for Democracy
Eddie Martin, Jr. looks at both the near- and long-term dangers of the Trump Administration’s assault on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives and programs.
READ MOre [[link removed]]
The Power of Community Support and Action: Together We Thrive
Teon Hayes’s blog on CLASP’s recent service day highlights the power of local action and situates grassroots activism in the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement.
READ MOre [[link removed]]
Child Tax Credit State Fact Sheets
The Children Thrive Action Network, which CLASP co-founded, has released a series of updated fact sheets examining the impact of the Child Tax Credit on children in immigrant families across the country.
READ MOre [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]]
In two new briefs, Alyssa Fortner analyzes the number of children and families served by the CCDF and the number of providers participating in fiscal years 2021 [[link removed]] and 2022 [[link removed]] .
CLASP in the News
MAY 15, 2025 | THE 19TH
Millions of immigrant families would be shut out under new child tax credit proposal [[link removed]]
MAY 6, 2025 | PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
Report: Medicaid cuts could impact 1 in 4 CO care workers [[link removed]]
MAY 6, 2025 | THE GRIST
The National Weather Service is once again translating lifesaving alerts. What happened? [[link removed]]
MAY 6, 2025 | THE GUARDIAN
Trump is trying to pay his way into a US baby boom. Experts say it won’t work [[link removed]]
MAY 5, 2025 | BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL
House Judiciary Committee wants to impose fees on immigrant children [[link removed]]
MAY 1, 2025 | THE GRIST
Trump radically remade the US food system in just 100 days [[link removed]]
Upcoming Events
[[link removed]]
May 21 | Ashley Burnside will be a panelist on “Restoring Re-Entry Support: Lifting Texas’ TANF Ban for Those Formerly Incarcerated,” an online conversation convened by What We All Deserve the history of TANF bans for previously incarcerated people, and why lifting the ban is so crucial.
Recent Events
[[link removed]]
May 7 | Lorena Roque spoke at the National Association for Latino Elected Officials on accessing public benefits during the second Trump Administration.
[[link removed]]
May 5 | Juan Carlos Gomez spoke at Child Care Aware’s Symposium on a panel regarding federal immigration policy and impact on children and child care.
[[link removed]]
May 2 | Wendy Cervantes spoke at the 2025 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Minnesota for a panel titled "The Role of Research in Immigration Advocacy: How Science Can Support the Well-Being of Immigrant Children.”
CLASP.ORG [[link removed]] | MAKE A DONATION [[link removed]] | UNSUBSCRIBE [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
CLASP • 1310 L St. NW, Suite 900 • Washington, D.C. xxxxxx • (202) 906-8000
CLASP
1310 L St. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC xxxxxx
United States