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INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
JANUARY 2020
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One Year and Counting in the Fight to Protect Immigrant Families
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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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Key Blog Posts and Publications
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DECEMBER 9, 2019 | ELIZABETH LOWER-BASCH
TANF 101: Block Grant
This brief, part of CLASP's TANF 101 series, explains the fixed block grant awarded to states under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
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DECEMBER 12, 2019 | SHIVA SETHI
Latest Child Care Data Demonstrate the Need for New Investment
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.
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DECEMBER 13, 2019 | LENA O'ROURKE
Congress is Holding Health, Wellbeing of U.S. Territory Residents in the Balance
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.
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DECEMBER 19, 2019 | CLASP
CLASP Comments on HHS Discrimination NPRM
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.
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DECEMBER 19, 2019 | CLASP
CLASP Comments on TennCare II Demonstration, Amendment 42
CLASP submitted comments to CMS on the TennCare II Demonstration, Amendment 42.
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