This week: New CLASP President, Mental Health Month Wrap-up
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
June 2, 2022
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CLASP Welcomes Indi Dutta-Gupta as New President/Executive Director
CLASP is thrilled that Indivar "Indi" Dutta-Gupta started yesterday, June 1, as the organization’s next president and executive director. As Indi mentioned in a staff lunch yesterday, he’s honored to join the CLASP team to advance our shared goal of creating a more just world and our commitment to social justice. He said, “change doesn’t happen nearly as fast as we’d like it to, but teamwork and connections allow us to be resilient in that journey.”
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What Families Need to Know about the CTC in 2022 [[link removed]]
The temporary expansions in 2021 to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) dramatically reduced the share of children experiencing poverty, especially for Black and Latinx kids. The expansions also lowered food insecurity rates, helped families afford necessities, and reduced financial stress for parents. People who didn’t claim their CTC for 2021 still have time! We updated this piece to explain how.
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Summer Youth Employment in 2021: Lessons for a Changing World [[link removed]]
Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) represent the largest investment many U.S. cities make in youth workforce development. Beginning in 2020, SYEPs scrambled to meet COVID’s unexpected challenges with remarkable innovation. We recently analyzed lessons from 2021 and what funders, policymakers, and providers should consider as we approach another uncertain summer in 2022.
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CLASP Looks Back at Mental Health Awareness Month
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To round out our recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, which ended on Tuesday, we’ve recently published additional resources that examine innovative approaches to meeting the needs of young people. We also addressed the importance of providing culturally competent services to people in the AAPI community.
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CLASP in the News
MAY 30, 2022 | THE CHRONICLE
N.C. Senators Burr, Tillis propose bill to prevent Biden administration from forgiving student loan debt [[link removed]]
MAY 27, 2022 | BET
5 Ways To Cope with the Stress of Debt [[link removed]]
MAY 24, 2022 | THE NATION
Child Care Providers Are Organizing, Demanding More, and Winning [[link removed]]
MAY 23, 2022 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
Senators introduce revised child care and early learning proposal [[link removed]]
MAY 19 | EDSOURCE
Two U.S. senators push a more modest proposal on child care [[link removed]]
Upcoming Events
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On June 8, Nia West-Bey will moderate Youth Mental Health in a Digital World , a conversation about innovative solutions to support young people in creating relationships to technology that are healthy, equitable, inclusive, and informed by the needs, voices, and potential of youth. This event will be hosted by Grantmakers for Thriving Youth. Register here [[link removed]] .
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On June 16, Indi Dutta-Gupta will moderate a panel session on “Rightsizing UI” as part of a virtual symposium on Unemployment Insurance Reform hosted by University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The event is being led by The Honorable Sandy Levin who represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives for 36 years. Register here [[link removed]] .
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