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INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
DECEMBER 2019
CLASP Comments on SNAP Heating and Cooling Allowances
CLASP submitted comments on the proposed rule concerning the standardization of state heating and cooling standard utility allowances for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). If implemented, the rule would cut a total of $4.5 billion in SNAP benefits over five years.
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The Final Public Charge Rule: Five Things Early Childhood Stakeholders Need to Know As of October 14, five federal judges have issued injunctions preventing the "public charge" rule from going into effect as scheduled. Here's what early childhood stakeholders need to know about the rule.
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Take Action: Support Equitable Tax Changes While the EITC is a powerful anti-poverty tool for working families with children, it provides little help for adults without dependent children and no help at all for young adults without dependent children. If your organization would like to join a sign-on letter to ensure that any bipartisan tax fix package this year includes a meaningful improvement in the EITC that will benefit young adults, please follow *this link* [ [link removed] ] and sign on by "*Wednesday, December 4 at 12:00 PM ET*".
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In the News
NOVEMBER 4, 2019 | THE TENNESSEAN
Tenn. could now have $1 billion in unspent funds for families, including $300 Million for child care [ [link removed] ]
NOVEMBER 7, 2019 | RADIO BILINGUE
Radio Bilingue – "Inmigrantes y Carga Publica" [ [link removed] ]
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 | INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY NEWS
Rep. Norma Torres announces legislation protecting students' access to basic needs [ [link removed] ]
NOVEMBER 12, 2019 | HOGG FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Young Minds Matter [ [link removed] ]
NOVEMBER 20, 2019 | DAILY KOS
Health of Thousands of U.S. Citizen Kids at Risk Due to Trump's Attack on DACA, Researchers Say [ [link removed] ]
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Key Blog Posts and Publications
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 | CLASP CLASP Comments on Healthy Michigan Plan [ [link removed] ]
CLASP submitted comments on Michigans's Healthy Michigan Plan updates.
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 | CLASP CLASP Comments on DOS's Interim Final Rule, "Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds" [ [link removed] ]
CLASP submitted comments on the Department of State's interim final rule, "Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds."
NOVEMBER 30, 2019 | REBECCA ULLRICH The Final Public Charge Rule and Young Children: Q & A [ [link removed] ]
In response to the latest developments in the "public charge" fight, Rebecca Ullrich answers critically important questions so that immigrants and their families know what the developments mean for them.
NOVEMBER 2019 | CLASP 50 Years is Just the Beginning. [ [link removed] ]
View CLASP's journey of anti-poverty work in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
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What We're Reading
CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES
Trump Proposal to Lower Poverty Line Draws Broad Opposition [ [link removed] ]
NEWSWEEK
Trump Is Depriving Immigrant Families of the Life-saving Food and Health Care That Helped Many Succeed | Opinion [ [link removed] ]
URBAN INSTITUTE
Estimated Effect of Recent Proposed Changes to SNAP Regulations [ [link removed] ]
THE NEW YORK TIMES
University Reverses Its Decision to Stop Accepting Medicaid [ [link removed] ]
HEALTH AFFIRS
Untangling The Relationship between Social Service And Health Care Spending And Health Outcomes [ [link removed] ]
OSF SUPPORT
The Levels and Trends in Deep and Extreme Poverty in the U.S., 1993-2016 [ [link removed] ]
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