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Check out new resources from CLASP, including briefs on the mental health and justice provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), Youth Pathways to Prosperity, as well as the updated 2022 Youth Data Portrait.
Deanie Anyangwe and Clarence Okoh’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.
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In Case You Missed It
Check out CLASP's Youth Pathways to Prosperity. The one-pager details how the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the American Dream and Promise Act, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and other legislation impact young people. It also outlines how the Biden Administration and Congress can pave a pathway to prosperity that is more centered on young adults' needs and demands.
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:
Revisit data from 2021 and 2020 in prior editions of the Youth Data Portrait.
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