This week: Build Back Better; Decriminalization & Black Girls
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
December 16, 2021
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BBB Will Meet Needs of Many
CLASP continues our work to highlight the many ways the Build Back Better Act will support people with low incomes, children, families, women, young people, communities of color, and immigrants. Most recently, we have noted how people who earn low wages have said loudly and clearly to policymakers that they need and want BBB’s paid leave program [[link removed]] . In addition, we addressed what’s in BBB for child care programs in every state across the country. In fact, states are already benefiting from federal funding for child care and early education [[link removed]] —and BBB will add substantial resources to those efforts. We are eagerly awaiting BBB’s passage and look forward to beginning our important work around implementation of the law in 2022!
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Mobile Response: An Appropriate Co-Responder Model [[link removed]]
One notable co-responder model in Seattle, a mobile response program that does not use law enforcement officers, is providing a blueprint for crisis services.
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Investments in Child Care Are Needed to Improve Provider Pay and Reduce Parent Expense [[link removed]]
For decades, insufficient public investments in child care have created a domino effect of economic burdens and instability for families and providers.
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Decriminalization: The Hidden Truth of Black Girls
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Young Black girls experience criminalization at every point in their life, as their bodies continue to be the victims of hate and over-policing. However, this is not new. This blog illustrates how the criminalization of young Black girls and women has been occurring since slavery, manifesting itself as harsh punishments, state-sanctioned violence, and dehumanization – and is plainly visible in our legal system, medical institutions, and education today.
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CLASP in the News
DECEMBER 15, 2021 | NEWSWEEK
Why December Child Tax Credit Payment Might Be the Last [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 14, 2021 | POLITICO
Politico Nightly Newsletter: Birth and Taxes [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 7, 2021 | CNN
Texas could test one of Biden's core political bets [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 6, 2021 | KANSAS REFLECTOR
Three champions of Build Back Better make pitch for federal economic development bill [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 3, 2021 | POLITIFACT
Why the GOP talking point about ‘government takeover’ of child care is wrong [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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On December 14, Parker Gilkesson spoke at The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Fall 2021 SNAP Policy Conference on “Centering Lived Experience in Authentic Collaborations for Change.”
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On December 14, CLASP partnered with the Child Care for Every Family Network’s Rally for Build Back Better . Parents, child care workers, and advocates gathered on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to pass Build Back Better. View a recording of the rally here [[link removed]] .
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Last week, Cormekki Whitley spoke on a panel titled “ Diversity Equity and Inclusion/Racial Equity: Theory to Practice ” hosted by FAR.
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