Plus: How Medicaid cuts will impact mental health 
This week: House Reconciliation Bill, K-12 Guide to Protecting Immigrant Students and Families
 

RECENTLY FROM CLASP
May 29, 2025

 

House Reconciliation Bill Slashes Child and Family Supports to Fund Mass Deportation and Further Enrich the Wealthy

Our statement on the House of Representative’s reconciliation bill highlighted the harms it will cause to children, families, immigrants, and people living on the margins, and calls on the Senate to stop these damaging policies from becoming law.

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Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

CLASP partnered with several other groups on this new guide for K-12 school personnel on strategies for protecting immigrant students and families impacted by enforcement policies. 

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On the Chopping Block: How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Mental Health 

In this fact sheet, Isha Weerasinghe and Jace Peterkin break down the real-world effects of proposed Medicaid cuts.

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In her new blog “Proposed Reconciliation Changes to SNAP Would Reduce Access for Disabled People,” Ashley Burnside takes a close look at how individuals with disabilities could be harmed by the reconciliation bill. 

 

CLASP in the News

 

MAY 27, 2025 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 

Republican Crackdown on Aid to Immigrants Would Hit U.S. Citizens 

 

MAY 26, 2025 | THE NEWS & OBSERVER (RALEIGH, NC) 

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is also one of the most unequal 

 

MAY 19, 2025 | BREAKING THROUGH WITH KRISTIN ROWE-FINKBEINER 

Moms Equal Pay Day, Families Over Billionaires, How Medicaid Lifts Rural Moms & Families 

 

MAY 19, 2025 | UTAH NEWS DISPATCH

The real-world costs of eliminating Head Start 

 

MAY 16, 2025 | NBC NEWS 

Why U.S. citizen children sent with their deported moms can’t come back easily 

 

SPRING 2025 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS

A Climate of Fear: Undocumented Immigrants and the Trump Administration 


Upcoming Events

 

June 5 | Wendy Chun-Hoon will be a panelist on “Elevating Gender Equity: A Timely Conversation on Leadership & the Path Forward,” a discussion hosted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Ascend at the Aspen Institute. 

 

Recent Events

 

May 21 | CLASP co-sponsored a rally on Capitol Hill with Families Over Billionaires to protest the budget reconciliation bill.

 
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