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INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
JANUARY 2020
One Year and Counting in the Fight to Protect Immigrant Families
Over the past year, CLASP has seen a revolution in how advocates engage in the notice and comment period as multiple partner organizations coordinated incredible responses to regulatory threats to immigrants by the Trump Administration.
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Statement in Support of Medicaid Expansion in Kansas CLASP's Suzanne Wikle provided a statement in support of Medicaid expansion in Kansas at the Governor's Council on Medicaid Expansion.
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Finalized SNAP Rule is Rooted in Racial Discrimination On December 5, 2019, the Trump Administration finalized a harmful rule that will take food assistance away from over 700,000 people struggling to find or sustain work, and require millions more to report their hours of work each week.
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In the News
DECEMBER 4, 2019 | THE KANSAN
Harvey County to Support Health Care Change for Those in Jail [ [link removed] ]
DECEMBER 21, 2019 | NPR
New SNAP Rule Impacts College Students By Limiting Benefits And Adding Confusion [ [link removed] ]
JANUARY 3, 2020 | BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO
Idaho Community Leaders Work To Mitigate Fear After White House Push To Change Immigration Rule [ [link removed] ]
JANUARY 8, 2020 | WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Food Stamp Rolls Have Declined by 7M Under Trump Even Before Reforms Take Effect [ [link removed] ]
Key Blog Posts and Publications
DECEMBER 9, 2019 | ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH TANF 101: Block Grant [ [link removed] ]
This brief, part of CLASP's TANF 101 series, explains the fixed block grant awarded to states under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
DECEMBER 12, 2019 | SHIVA SETHI Latest Child Care Data Demonstrate the Need for New Investment [ [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.
DECEMBER 13, 2019 | LENA O'ROURKE Congress is Holding Health, Wellbeing of U.S. Territory Residents in the Balance [ [link removed] ]
At the end of 2019, Congress passed a 2-year deal to support the U.S. territories' Medicaid programs. While the deal falls short of the four-year (or longer) package advocates were pushing for, this is a much-needed investment in the health of the islands' populations.
DECEMBER 19, 2019 | CLASP CLASP Comments on HHS Discrimination NPRM [ [link removed] ]
CLASP wrote comments in opposition to a proposed rule that would repromulgate or revise certain regulatory provisions of HHS, blatantly allowing discrimination by agencies and programs funded by HHS.
DECEMBER 19, 2019 | CLASP CLASP Comments on TennCare II Demonstration, Amendment 42 [ [link removed] ]
CLASP submitted comments to CMS on the TennCare II Demonstration, Amendment 42.
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What We're Reading
VOX
Mitt Romney and Michael Bennet Just Unveiled a Basic Income Plan for Kids [ [link removed] ]
CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES
More States Raising TANF Benefits to Boost Families' Economic Security [ [link removed] ]
TRUTHOUT
The Real Shadow Policy of the Trump Administration Is Racist Extremism [ [link removed] ]
THE REAL NEWS NETWORK
Trump Declared War on the Poor–And the Poor Are Fighting Back [ [link removed] ]
PROPUBLICA
IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete With TurboTax [ [link removed] ]
URBAN INSTITUTE
Implications of the Fifth Circuit Court Decision in Texas v. United States [ [link removed] ]
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