This week: FY2023 Omnibus Bill Advances Important Programs—While Overlooking Key Priorities
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
January 12, 2023
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FY2023 Omnibus Bill Advances Important Programs—While Overlooking Key Priorities
In the last few days of 2022, Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (also known as the “omnibus bill”). The bill invests in economic opportunity and social justice—notably in child care and early education [[link removed]] , immigration, health and mental health, income supports and nutrition, and labor and higher education.
The $8 billion+ appropriation in the Child Care and Development Block Grant represents an increase of $1.9 billion—a 30 percent bump. This week, CLASP released state-by-state estimates of that increase.
While CLASP applauds [[link removed]] passage of the omnibus bill, it leaves out crucial investments that also support families with low incomes.
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CLASP’s Letters to Editor in New York Times, Washington Post [[link removed]]
Within a recent two-week period, CLASP experts published letters to the editor in both The New York Times [[link removed]] and The Washington Post [[link removed]] —one on the expanded child tax credit need and the other on the need to invest in the care economy.
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Recommendations for Aligning Federal Subsidized Employment Investments [[link removed]]
Despite economic growth, far too many people face chronic unemployment and poverty—especially young workers and workers of color. This brief offers guidance on advancing a “whole-of-government” approach to subsidized employment programs.
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The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Brief Series
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CLASP released new briefs on the justice and mental health provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA).
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The
Bipartisan
Safer
Communities
Act:
A
Dangerous
New
Chapter
in
the
War
on
Black
Youth
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offers
context
on
the
youth
criminalization
crisis.
It
outlines
a
series
of
harmful
elements
in
the
BSCA
and
recommends
actions
that
Congress,
federal
agency
leaders,
and
community
advocates
can
take
to
mitigate
these
harms.
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Its
sister
brief,
The
Bipartisan
Safer
Communities
Act:
Mental
Health
Wins
Undermined
for
Black
and
Brown
Youth
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,
outlines
a
timeline
of
expected
BSCA
implementation
and
recommendations
for
mental
health
policies
that
center
equity.
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Did You Know? Per December 2022 Jobs Report, the Black unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.7%, while Hispanic unemployment fell from 4.2% to 4.1%—both exceeding the white unemployment rate. [[link removed]]
In 2022, the narrative of wages driving high inflation was not true in the American economy. Corporations continued to set record-high profits, while workers continued to struggle.
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CLASP in the News
JANUARY 10, 2023 | NEWS BREAK
Undocumented children can now get public health insurance in New Jersey [[link removed]]
JANUARY 9, 2023 | MSN
Food Stamps: While ‘Short-Term Fix’ Implemented, SNAP Benefits Largely Unprotected From Theft [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 30, 2022 | THE NEW REPUBLIC
The Democrats’ Failure of the Year: Letting the Expanded Child Tax Credit Die [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 21, 2022 | MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Welfare recipient won’t stop fighting for ‘decency and common sense’ [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 21, 2022 | NBC
SNAP ‘skimming’ victims may get stolen benefits reimbursed [[link removed]]
Upcoming Events
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Deputy Executive Director for Racial Equity Eddie Martin will speak on a panel titled, " Policy Careers: Alumni Changing the World ," hosted by the University of Maryland Alumni Association on January 26. RSVP here [[link removed]] .
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