This week: American Rescue Plan Signed, Public Charge Changes Halted

RECENTLY FROM CLASP
March 11, 2021

CLASP Applauds Signing of ARP, Stands Ready to Support Needed Recovery Steps Ahead

The American Rescue Plan (ARP) provides unprecedented support to children and their families, including cutting child poverty in half, responding at scale to the emergency faced by the child care sector, extending direct financial support to 2.2 million children in immigrant families excluded from previous relief, expanding health and nutrition programs to address the health and hunger crisis, and supporting economic stability for young adults. Read our statement and featured CLASP blogs and publications on the American Rescue Plan:

READ our Statement

We are Americans, too

The words in a New York Times story hit me harder than expected, particularly during a year where Asian Americans have been disparaged physically, emotionally, and economically while the “progressive” community remains silent.

Summer Youth Employment Programs 2020: Lessons from the Field

To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEP) in 2020, CLASP and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions developed a national survey of SYEP local funders and program providers. View our three-part series.

CLASP Praises Biden-Harris Administration Choice to Stop Defending Public Charge Regulations

Incredibly big news for immigrant and migrant families – on Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case regarding the Trump Administration’s public charge regulations. The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that once the previously entered judicial invalidation of the Trump-era rule becomes final, the public charge policy will revert to earlier long-standing policies. CLASP, along with other organizations, has been fighting against this damaging proposal for years and succeeded! Our perspective on this historic news has been reported on by CBS News.

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CLASP in the News

MARCH 11, 2021 | CNN, with additional distribution via CNN’s syndicated news service

5 ways the stimulus package is expected to reduce poverty

MARCH 10, 2021 | AFP wire service, with multiple pick-ups domestically and internationally

Biden plan a 'powerful change' for poor US children

MARCH 10, 2021 | Marketplace, with scores of NPR affiliates nationwide airing the story

COVID relief package includes about $40 billion in child care funding

MARCH 2, 2021 | NEWSWEEK

$1,400 Stimulus Checks Aren't the Only Direct Payments Some Americans Could Receive

MARCH 2, 2021 | UNIVISION

Paquete de ayuda: algunos niños ciudadanos con padres indocumentados sí recibirían esta vez el cheque de estímulo

MARCH 1, 2021 | NBC

House Raises Child Tax Credit to $3,000, But Only for a Year

Upcoming Events

On March 22, Molly Bashay will present at Coalition on Adult Basic Education's 2021 COABE National Virtual Conference.

On April 6, CLASP will host a webinar on implementation strategies for the American Rescue Plan’s provisions supporting young children with ZERO TO THREE.

Recent Events

On March 10, we held a webinar entitled "SNAP and College Student Access: How Financial Aid Administrators Can Help Students Enroll in SNAP During the COVID-19 Crisis." Ashley Burnside presented.

On March 3 Kisha Bird spoke at the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity Ask Us Anything webinar to discuss career opportunities for people of color, women, and youth through infrastructure job programs.

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