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June 18, 2025 | Report/Brief | Parker Gilkesson Davis

Land, Labor, Liberation: A Juneteenth Reflection on Racism in American Agriculture

By Parker Gilkesson Davis| In honor of the Juneteenth holiday, this brief looks at the history of agricultural injustice experienced by Black and immigrant farm workers and offers bold policy ideas that center the dignity, equity, and value of all historically marginalized communities.  >> Read…

April 2, 2025 | Report/Brief | Priya Pandey

A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

This guide explains how early childhood providers can create "safe space" policies to protect immigrant families in their programs.

December 9, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Suma Setty

CLASP Statement for the Record: Senate Judiciary Committee “How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy”

This statement highlights the impacts mass deportations will have on children in immigrant families.

September 25, 2024 | Fact Sheet

Access to Benefits are Essential for DACA Recipients and their Families to Thrive

Due to restrictive policies, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients have been barred from purchasing health coverage and accessing federal public benefit programs.

August 22, 2024 | Report/Brief | Jesse Fairbanks

What is Meaningful Community Engagement? Learnings from the Perspective of a National Advocacy Organization

How do we as advocates and policy analysts actually connect with communities effectively, respectfully, and inclusively. CLASP's new framework could help guide your path,.

June 27, 2024 | Report/Brief | Alycia Hardy

Child Care Assistance Landscape: Inequities in Federal and State Eligibility and Access

This national report and series of state fact sheets analyze variations in eligibility and access to Child Care and Development Block Grant subsidies in 2020.

June 4, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Wendy Cervantes

CLASP Statement for the Record: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Hearing on “The Consequences of Biden’s Border Chaos for K-12 Schools”

This statement makes the case for the need to support schools in meeting their legal obligations to equitably serve immigrant students, including newcomer students. It also addresses the importance of protecting the constitutional right for all children in the United States to receive a public…

May 31, 2024 | Report/Brief

CLASP 2023 Impact Report

Join us to look back on the last year of work from CLASP and how we've worked to make policy better for people with low incomes.

May 23, 2024 | Report/Brief | Clarence Okoh

Dangerous Data: What Communities Should Know about Artificial Intelligence, the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and School Surveillance

In recent years, federal policymakers have taken steps to address the societal implications of AI and big data technologies, including the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, President Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, and the U.S. Department of Education’s guidance on…

May 16, 2024 | Report/Brief | Lulit Shewan

The Unethical Use of Captive Labor in U.S. Prisons

In the US, all state and federal prisons allow some form of involuntary labor as part of various correctional work programs. Urgent reform is needed.

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