| This week: SNAP “Program Integrity,” ARPA Anniversary |
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
March 10, 2022
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SNAP “Program Integrity”: How Racialized Fraud Provisions Criminalize Hunger
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People seeking help to meet their basic needs is a statement of human dignity and justice. However, coded language, dog-whistling, and racist stereotypes have reinforced the lie that people who receive public benefits are exaggerating their income level and likely committing fraud. This new report and blog explore how the excessive deployment of Intentional Program Violations (IPVs) over-police and criminalize people experiencing poverty, particularly people of color, in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the guise of “program integrity.” An accompanying fact sheet provides advice to individuals accused of IPVs.
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Valuing and Championing African American Workers Is Long Overdue
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African American workers and their labor built the United States of America. Despite this, an uninterrupted through line in the country's history is the failure to rightly value African American workers' labor - a consequence of persistent anti-Black racism.
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American Rescue Plan: One Year of Bold Investments for Families, Young People
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Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which included crucial investments to support people in the midst of the pandemic. In addition to providing another round of economic stimulus payments—including for the first time to many immigrant families—ARPA included significant funding for child care, health care and nutrition, workforce development, and expansions to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit programs. Combined, these investments led to a significant drop in child poverty. Read our latest blog for more about the impact of the CTC and EITC investments.
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On March 8, Parker Gilkesson spoke as a panelist at the Aspen Institute’s “Conversations on Food Justice, Session 10: Race, Poverty, and the Barriers to Accessing Social Benefit Programs.” View a recording of the conversation here.
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On March 4, Alycia Hardy gave a presentation titled “Building the Child Care Infrastructure: State-Level Challenges” at The U.S. Care Infrastructure: From Promise to Reality. The conference was hosted by American University, IWPR, and the Carework Network. View a recording of the session here.
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On March 4, Hannah Matthews testified before the Maryland House of Delegates’ Ways and Means Committee in support of the Early Childhood Development – Child Care Scholarship Program – Alternations Act, HB 995. View a recording of Hannah’s testimony here.
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