| This week: New Child Care Proposal, Mental Health Awareness Month |
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
May 19, 2022
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Child Care & Early Education Reconciliation Proposal Could Reach 1 Million+ Children
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An estimated 1 million+ children could benefit from the child care and early education proposal recently released by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) for inclusion in the federal budget reconciliation package. The new framework, which includes $72 billion in additional Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds, will provide direct support to children and families and build up the supply of child care, including by investing in the child care workforce. CLASP developed an analysis of how the proposal’s dollars would be distributed among all states and territories.
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READ ANALYSIS
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How House-Passed WIOA Reauthorization Would Change Youth Programs
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| On May 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). To learn more about how WIOA can be a vehicle for empowering workers and creating shared prosperity, read our new brief. And check out this explainer that takes a deep dive into the sections of the House-passed bill that affect young people. |
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Removing Barriers to Mental Health Care is Essential for Children to Thrive
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CLASP estimates that at least 1.7 million children in U.S. immigrant families are impacted by barriers to mental health care. The LIFT the BAR Act, which would remove the five-year waiting period for access to federal public benefits, is expected to be introduced in the U.S. Senate soon. Read newly updated national and state fact sheets that address the need for increased access to critical supports like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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CLASP Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. CLASP’s mental health work centers on systems and policy change with an explicit focus on how race and ethnicity affect a person’s interactions with systems and services. We are working across the organization to reimagine how the mental and behavioral health systems could better serve people living in households with low incomes. The following resources offer insight into key data, strategies, and principles that reframe mental health—and look for more from CLASP over the rest of the month!
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The CLASP Child Care & Early Education and Immigration & Immigrant Families teams helped support our partners, the United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN), in their national annual DC-based convening of over 100 parent leaders. The convening lifted up UPLAN’s federal early care and education, immigration, and parent engagement priorities through a day of advocacy events including a rally, Hill briefing, and legislative meetings with 20 Congressional offices.
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On May 24, Nia West-Bey will present a session with ND4Y Changemaker Joseph Yusuf titled The Path Forward: Strategies to Support Mental Health for Young Adult Parents as part of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Annual Conference.
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