Check out new resources from CLASP, including briefs on the mental health and justice provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) as well as the updated 2022 Youth Data Portrait.

Clarence Okoh and Deanie Anyangwe’s brief, The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: A Dangerous, New Chapter in the War on Black Youth, offers context on the youth criminalization crisis in the United States. They outline a series of harmful elements in the BSCA and provide recommended actions that Congress, federal agency leaders, and community advocates can take to mitigate these harms.
Isha Weerasinghe, Kayla Tawa, and Emily Kim provide a full analysis of key mental health provisions in the sister brief, The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Mental Health Wins Undermined for Black and Brown Youth. Their brief outlines a timeline of expected BSCA implementation and recommendations for mental health policies that center equity.


CLASP analyzed updated data for the 2022 Youth Data Portrait related to Economic Justice, Healing and Wellbeing, and Safe Communities for youth and young adults.

Check out New Deal for Youth’s TikToks about the 2022 Youth Data Portrait:
#WhyWeStillCantWait: CLASP’s 2022 Youth Data Update on Economic Justice
#Changemaker Malaak on what the numbers say about young people's health and wellbeing

Revisit data from 2021 and 2020 in prior editions of the Youth Data Portrait.

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