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INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 2019
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Ending SNAP BBCE, Continuing a Ruthless American Tradition of Sabotaging Communities of Color
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| The Trump Administration recently proposed stripping SNAP benefits from 3.1 million individuals. This would further exacerbate the country’s racial wealth gap and seriously harm people of color—continuing a ruthless tradition of preventing people of color from achieving economic mobility. |
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| SNAP Recipient to Trump Administration: I am not a fraud. |
| When President Trump suggests that I, among 3 million other SNAP recipients, am fraudulently accessing benefits without need, I am compelled to push back. We are the real people who would be harmed by the administration’s “broad-based categorical eligibility” proposal ... I share my story because nobody else can tell it for me. |
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| Children and Families in Trouble: Census Data Show Declining Health Coverage and Enduring Poverty |
| Nearly a decade since the Great Recession, the Census Bureau’s 2018 poverty and health insurance reports show signs of trouble for people with low incomes. Most alarming, the rate of those with health insurance declined for the first time since 2009—reversing the trend of historic gains in coverage since passage of the Affordable Care Act. |
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Key Blog Posts and Publications
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 | REBECCA ULLRICH
The Final Public Charge Rule and Young Children: Q&A
The Trump Administration recently published a final “public charge” rule. The final rule could harm the health and wellbeing of millions of people and is of great concern for young children’s development and the early childhood field.
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 | PARKER GILKESSON, MADISON ALLEN, ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH, RENATO ROCHA, DARREL THOMPSON, AND SUZANNE WIKLE
CLASP Comments on BBCE Elimination Proposal
CLASP prepared comments against the proposal to eliminate broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE) for SNAP, emphasizing the need for flexibility in food assistance receipt to bolster the financial condition of those in most need.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 | NIA WEST-BEY
Looking at Life Different: Equitable Mental Health Support for Young Adult Parents
This brief on mental health and young adults explains how we can best help young parents by recognizing parenthood as a valued, central identity that can spur growth and development in other key areas.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 | CLASP
SNAP Student Loan Guidance Memo
Today, more students work, have family obligations, attend classes part-time, and experience alarming rates of food insecurity. Public benefits programs, like SNAP, can support students’ basic needs, especially since food insecurity is one of the greatest threats to students' health, wellbeing, and academic success.
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 | PRONITA GUPTA & TANYA L. GOLDMAN
Low Job Quality Leaves Workers and Our Economy More Vulnerable to the Next Recession
As the specter of a recession grows, lessons from the Great Recession demonstrate that poor-quality jobs can further entrench poverty for low-wage workers, especially workers of color. This brief examines the last recession's impact on workers in low-wage jobs and makes the case for improving job quality for workers by enacting critical new labor standards.
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Job opening - Director of Racial Equity
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CLASP is seeking a director of racial equity to help us take the next step in our racial equity journey. Following several years of work by a cross-cutting team, CLASP is ready to take a major step by recruiting a senior leader devoted full time to accelerating the pace of change and strengthening our racial equity work. We seek an innovative, deeply knowledgeable leader who can build on and leverage the extensive engagement we’ve seen from staff and board members while creating an even more powerful path toward the future. Please find the job description here, and feel free to share widely with your networks.
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