By Robin Buller (EXCERPT) Trump’s policies, on the other hand, appear to traumatize children by design to curb unwanted immigration. “Under Trump, previously and in the future, deep harm to children is absolutely intentional and in many ways is the entire point,” said Wendy Cervantes,…
By Janna Herron (EXCERPT) “One theme that really stuck out to me is just not only were these payments going towards bills, food and groceries,” said Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst at CLASP. “But it was also helping parents to be able to say…
By Anna Kaminski EXCERPT DCF’s subsidy program is underused. A report based on 2020 data from the Center for Law and Social Policy found that 12% of eligible families are participating. That was lower than the national rate of 14%. Read the full article here.
By Kalyn Belsha EXCERPT Researchers from the nonprofit Center for Law and Social Policy found that the Mississippi raids were especially traumatic for the children whose schools were located within sight of a poultry plant. Many saw their parents handcuffed and shoved into white vans on…
By Kaitlyn Levinson EXCERPT During the pandemic, however, Trump approved individual stimulus payments. While the payments weren’t exactly the same as guaranteed income programs, it suggested the former president was open to using cash distributions to help people in financial crises, said Ashley Burnside, senior policy…
By Amanda Geduld EXCERPT This funding helped to stabilize 220,000 child care programs, impacting 10 million children and over a million families, according to a recent analysis of federal data by the National Women’s Law Center and The Center for Law and Social Policy. The organizations also found that 29%…
By Julia Conley EXCERPT Published by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Cliff Notes: Key Takeaways From Pandemic-Era Child Care Relief and the Child Care Funding Cliff analyzes the childcare benefits included in the American Rescue Plan Act…
By Janie Ekere EXCERPT “What we would like to see is it made fully refundable in whatever tax bill that we see in 2025 so that the families with the lowest incomes can continue to receive it,” said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, deputy executive director of policy…
By Amanda Geduld EXCERPT Sometimes, students are even pulled to be translators for their peers, according to Hannah Liu, a policy analyst at the The Center for Law and Social Policy in D.C. It’s not just an individual school issue, she said, “it’s a very widespread issue. And…