Title 42 Termination: A Critical Development for Children, Families

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcement to terminate Title 42, effective May 23, 2022, is the right decision. However, it’s a long-overdue development, because any day the policy remains in place is a day too long. Title 42 is a Trump-era anti-child and anti-family policy invoked in response to the COVID pandemic that has put children’s lives in danger and undermined the ability of families to stay together. It’s also a racist policy that has disproportionately put brown and Black children and families in harm’s way. Moving forward, the Biden-Harris Administration must uphold the best interests of children by working with communities that stand ready to welcome and support children and families seeking safety.

Parker Gilkesson Testifies Before House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations

Parker Gilkesson spoke before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations last week in a hearing focused on improper payments in government programs. Parker was invited to testify, in part, because of her recent body of work that examines the damage of criminalizing hunger through charging SNAP recipients with Intentional Program Violations. In her testimony, Parker pointed out that “Fraud in SNAP is quite rare, contrary to media portrayals,” making policymakers’ obsession with it particularly troubling.

Black Women Best Legislative Agenda Report

Liberation in a Generation and the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls collaborated with over 40 Black women contributors - including CLASP's Dr. Nia West-Bey and Parker Gilkesson - to develop An Economy for All: Building a Black Women Best Legislative Agenda. The report, inspired by the Black Women Best framework, outlines a clear policy agenda to address inequities that have disproportionately burdened Black women and girls — delivering an inclusive economy for everyone in the process.