*This week:* CLASP addresses women's caucus


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December 5, 2019




CLASP Addresses Women's Caucus [ [link removed] ]
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On December 4, Olivia Golden participated in a Capitol Hill briefing of the Democratic Women's Caucus for Members of Congress and their staffs. She discussed threats and opportunities for immigrant families, child care, and paid family and medical leave. Olivia also outlined Congressional successes and strategies to strengthen programs that support women and families.

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Using Comments as a Policy Lever [ [link removed] ] As we continue to fight against harmful administrative and regulatory proposals, CLASP is stepping up our public policy engagement. We've been particularly active recently with developing comments ranging from a *Medicaid * [ [link removed] ]**waiver proposal* [ [link removed] ]* [ [link removed] ] [ [link removed] ] in Georgia that would create work-reporting requirements, to a federal proposal to deregulate the very requirements that create quality and affordability in child care [ [link removed] ], and a move to cut $4.5 billion in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [ [link removed] ]. Earlier this year, Madison Allen described the power of public comments in influencing policy.

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*Proposed Bill Won't Help Low-income Workers Who Need Paid Leave [ [link removed] ]* CLASP explains how the "Advancing Support for Working Families Act" introduced yesterday in Congress will do little to help workers who need paid family and medical leave to balance work and caregiving.

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Upcoming Events









*On December 11*, CLASP and the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers University will host a paid sick days webinar [ [link removed] ]for agencies and advocates. We'll review 2019 victories in the paid sick days movement, discuss challenges and opportunities with implementation and enforcement, and look ahead to successes and potential threats in 2020.











Recent Events









On December 4, Hannah Matthews and Duy Pham presented our 2019 report, "Children and Families in Trouble: Census Data Show Declining Health Coverage and Enduring Poverty [ [link removed] ]"" [ [link removed] ]", at "Reducing Inequality in Education Policy Day" hosted by the American Youth Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.






On December 4, Renato Rocha and Rebecca Ullrich presented about the "public charge" rule at a community meeting hosted by Annandale Christian Community for Action.








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