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While federal policies remain essential for widespread reform, the power of community-led efforts demonstrates that change is possible—one city, state, and coalition at a time.
On January 8, the Trump Administration will decide whether to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to approximately 200,000 Salvadoran nationals. If TPS for El Salvador is allowed to expire, it will be nearly impossible for beneficiaries to live and work lawfully in the U.S.
Last month, the majority of Maine voters chose to expand Medicaid coverage to include more low-income adults. Expansion will raise the program’s income eligibility threshold to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, giving more than half of Maine’s uninsured population—including thousands of parents—access to…
Each day Congress fails to pass the Dream Act, over 100 immigrant youth lose their DACA protections. Despite some congressional leaders insisting a “DACA fix” is not necessary until March of 2018, DACA recipients have not only lost their work permits and drivers licenses, but…
In this commentary on Medium published jointly with Jumpstart, CLASP describes the perils of the Congressional tax bill for Arizona's--and America's--children.
The lives of millions of children and youth hang in the balance because Congress has yet to act on two critical issues: the reauthorization of CHIP and passage of the Dream Act. So that families can celebrate with the certainty they need, Congress must address these…
Despite having no federal approval, or any evidence that the policy would be helpful, Wisconsin has added regulations requiring screening and drug testing of participants in the SNAP E&T, known in Wisconsin as FoodShare Employment and Training.
CHIP funding expired in September. States can’t just flip an “off switch” when they run out of federal funds. They need to plan months in advance in case Congress doesn’t act.
Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) outlined immediate federal spending priorities that would support hard-working families, including a nearly $3 billion increase in funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) to make child care more affordable.
Some states have turned down Medicaid expansion and are creating obstacles for very low-income parents. Kansas and Mississippi are the latest to propose wrong-headed work requirements.
The Republican tax bills approved by the House of Representatives and currently on the Senate floor funnel the lion’s share of benefits to the wealthy and corporations, at the expense of working families.
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