| This week: Promoting Transformation and Healing in School Reopening |
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
August 26, 2021
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Beyond the Mask: Promoting Transformation and Healing in School Reopening
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With many families preparing for the school year, and with many schools having already begun, school districts must invest in student mental health to address the crisis that the pandemic—and long-standing systemic failures—have created. In a new series of six fact sheets being released within the week, we analyze how schools in each state plan to use federal funds through the new Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The American Rescue Plan allocated $122 billion for school reopening. ESSER funding offers an opportunity to invest in the mental health of young people; however, schools must be intentional about substantially investing in student mental health.
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Child Care Proposal Will Keep More Money in Families’ Pockets
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| For a more equitable and affordable child care system that works for all families, we must prioritize systemic change as we recover from the pandemic and decades of underfunding. Dig into the data on this new fact sheet to see what families’ out-of-pocket child care costs would be under a proposed formula. |
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25 Years of Immigrant Exclusion from Public Benefits
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| Access to food, cash assistance, health care, and housing are pathways to economic justice that everyone deserves—no matter their citizenship status. However, federal restrictions enacted 25 years ago interfere with the ability of immigrants to secure critical benefits with significant consequences to their and their families’ wellbeing. |
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Modernizing the TFP: One Step on the Journey Toward Food Sovereignty
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This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it has fulfilled a promise from the 2018 bipartisan Farm Bill to re-evaluate the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP). Updates to TFP will result in an average 27% increase in benefits to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), one of many important steps to ensure that people experiencing poverty can afford the food they need to live and thrive.
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Earlier this week, Parker Gilkesson presented at the Economic Mobility and Well-Being Conference hosted by the American Public Human Services Association, where she discussed the racist history of cash assistance in the United States.
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