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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
August 13, 2020
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Integrity of Census, Pandemic Relief Threatened by Trump Administration
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CLASP has responded to recent efforts by the Trump Administration to a) prematurely discontinue the gathering of data for the 2020 Census and b) use executive actions on pandemic relief that would fail to meet the needs of people most affected by the public health and economic crises. In a pair of statements, Olivia Golden describes why both these efforts would harm people with low incomes, communities of color, and immigrants and their families.
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Workers are Drowning: Congress Must Help
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| As the toll of the virus and economic fallout worsens, the pressure is on to provide workers and families the relief they need. Black and Latinx workers are among the hardest hit by the economic crisis because they’re concentrated in high-risk industries like hospitality, retail, caregiving, meatpacking, and others—as well as pervasive structural inequities. |
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Underemployment Far More Prevalent in U.S. Than Official Count
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| One of our latest papers shows a greater number of underemployed part-time workers than we realized, and a higher rate of underemployment among certain workers and jobs. The Involuntary Part-time Work and Underemployment Problem in the U.S. introduces a new, more accurate way of measuring the extent of underemployment among part-time workers. The report shows that the rate of underemployment in 2016 was double that of the commonly referenced Bureau of Labor Statistics measure. On the day it was released, The Atlantic featured the report in an article about the crisis. |
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CLASP has several new resources that address the challenges facing postsecondary students with low incomes. One is a report we wrote for a series published by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). In the paper, we discuss the important role of public benefits in meeting the basic needs of college students and in streamlining and maximizing financial aid. Another is a blog with guidance for college administrators about the interplay between work-study programs and SNAP during the pandemic. And, finally, Lauren Walizer appeared on a NASFAA podcast to discuss our paper.
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On August 5, Madison Allen was a panelist for a webinar entitled, “Children’s Well-being: Family Detention, Separation and Deportation,” hosted by the Children at Risk’s Texas Family Leadership Council.
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On August 9, Nia West-Bey was a featured guest in an American Psychological Association webinar on “Poverty, Gender and Parenthood.” Among other things, she discussed young parents of color.
This afternoon, Kate Gallagher Robbins was a panelist in a Congressional briefing sponsored by Caring Across Generations on "Race, Racism and Care Infrastructure.” Kate and fellow advocates joined Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Deb Haaland (D-NM) for this important conversation.
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CLASP will host the next virtual conversation in our series on Healing-Centered Liberation Policy on August 27. The topic will be “Centering Impacted Voices to Reimagine a New Vision of Justice.”
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