| This week: Shaping Equitable Early Childhood Policy |
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
July 1, 2021
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In our latest publication exploring equity in child care policy, Alycia Hardy and Alyssa Fortner detail how our nation’s current child care and early education system—and the data strategies used to shape it—are often far removed from equitable community engagement practices. In this brief, Shaping Equitable Early Childhood Policy: Incorporating Inclusive Community Engagement Frameworks into Expanded Data Strategies, they also propose a set of recommended strategies to expand data processes.
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The Struggles of Low-Wage Work
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| Millions of workers have jobs with low pay, shifting schedules, few if any benefits, and limited opportunities for advancement. The COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis made the struggles of low-wage work even harder. |
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Looking Back on Pride Month
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As we look back on Pride Month 2021, we celebrate how the LGBTQIA community earned many victories over the recent decades, as well as detail the work that’s needed around financial security and economic justice.
Check out these two blogs:
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Sign On:
Police-Free Mental Health Guidance for 9-8-8 and Mobile Response Services
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CLASP is urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance and provide technical assistance to states that promotes and stresses the importance of youth mobile response models that don’t involve law enforcement. For more information and to join the sign-on letter, click here.
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On July 1, Nia West-Bey and Isha Weerasinghe presented Principles and Policy Options to Support Youth and Young Adult Mental Health to the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice in Kansas.
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On June 23, Nia West-Bey presented on a panel hosted by Mindful Philanthropy highlighting opportunities for philanthropy to invest in solutions that support the mental health of young people in schools.
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On June 21, Hannah Matthews presented a federal policy update for the National Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Association’s 2021 Virtual Public Policy Forum.
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