This year, the IRS is under threat, and the agency will have less bandwidth and fewer resources to process tax returns and provide support to the taxpayers who need it. Lawmakers should invest in the IRS, not deplete it.
I am the founder of Raw Uncut Woman. Our organization is based in Detroit, MI in the heart of the city. My role is to facilitate focus groups and collaborate with other local non-profits to provide resources for women, such as peer support from women…
Recently, I achieved one of the biggest accomplishments of my life so far: I bought my first home. Buying a house is the American dream; however, every American hasn’t been able to partake.
This budget would undermine economic security for students & workers by slashing, cutting, and/or eliminating student aid & workforce development programs.
While the FMLA was a powerful and necessary law that's been used more than 200 million times, it’s time for a paid leave program that everybody can use.
New guidance and a waiver application package would allow states to convert a portion of their Medicaid programs to block grants. This would undermine Medicaid, worsen health, put state budgets at risk, and deepen the next recession.
We anticipate 2020 will be another busy year for Medicaid waivers. States submitted several dangerous proposals to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the end of last year, and we’re awaiting the outcomes. Other bad waivers are scheduled to take effect in…
CLASP analyzed updated data related to Economic Justice, Healing and Well-being, and Safe Communities for youth and young adults. CLASP and New Deal for Youth began tracking this data in 2020, and even in this relatively brief period it is clear that the outlook in many…
More than 3.5 million residents of the U.S. territories face a dire health care crisis. Unless Congress acts before the end of the year, our territories will fall off a dramatic Medicaid funding cliff, which could lead to benefits loss or Medicaid termination for them.
This week, Congress is making important appropriations decisions about the funding of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and other programs that support children and families. The latest CCDBG data make clear what we already know: CCDBG needs more investment so that all…
