In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…
This week, the House and Senate passed, and President Biden signed legislation designating Juneteenth as a federal holiday. This new federal holiday is almost poetic in that it reflects the deferred dreams of generations of Black people as slavery gave way to Jim Crow laws, and…
Christine Johnson-Staub details recently released guidance from the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Child Care. The guidance is on the provision of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) supplemental dollars and encourages states to take bold steps in implementing CCDBG relief…
Last Friday’s jobs report is a stark reminder that only when we invest in solutions that directly benefit workers who’ve been most affected by the pandemic’s toll will everyone experience our nation’s economic recovery. An equitable recovery requires policymakers to invest in an equity-focused subsidized…
May was National Foster Care Month, a time to uplift those working to provide vital services to foster care youth around the country. New Deal for Youth Changemaker Yusef Presley has used his lived experience to highlight the need for increased resources and care for foster…
Denying the will of the voters, in May the Missouri legislature refused to fund the expansion of Medicaid and then the governor withdrew the state’s expansion plan from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
The Treasury Department recently published guidance that calls on ERA administrators to reevaluate their programs, signaling an opportunity for advocates to influence how programs in their jurisdiction adapt to the stronger requirements.
CLASP spoke with Taneka Hye Wol Jennings of HANA Center to discuss how families and young people in their community have been impacted by heightened xenophobia and attacks against the AAPI community.
CLASP urges Congress to pass legislation to support students in completing their degrees, remove burdensome work requirements, and help end student hunger.
Adequate access to food is economic justice. But too many people with low incomes are forced to stretch their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because they’re not enough to cover the cost of food.
