Center For Law And Social Policy

Programs: Workforce training and post-secondary education:- engaged advocates and state agency leaders through "wioa game plan," including technical assistance, webinars and issue briefs identifying key opportunities for action to improve services to low-income adults and youth that are made possible through the final regulations and federal guidance on implementating the workforce innovation and opportunity act. - conducted policy analysis and advocacy on improving postsecondary financial aid to address low-income, non-traditional students' unmet need and help them complete college successfully, including through policy models for more effective state-funded financial aid, expanded access to public benefits as part of comprehensive financial assistance, implementing the federal financial aid "ability to benefit" provision to leverage funding to build effective career pathways on-ramps; and worked with state agency leaders to improve postsecondary, education, and training access to incarcerated individuals and returning citizens. - sponsored, with the city of new york, our third annual national convening on paid sick days implementation aimed at peer learning among enforcement agencies and related advocates, designed to make new laws actually reach and serve workers; - strengthened local and state advocacy campaigns for new public policy around paid sick days, paid family leave, and fair scheduling by creating unique tools and resources related to key issues such as high road employers, the array of impacts of job scheduling (e. G on young workers), and racial inequities in access to high quality jobs.

poverty and income support programs:- provided states, counties, and advocates with technical assistance in delivering public benefit programs to ensure that all low-income working families get and keep the full package of work support benefits to which they are entitled. - published influential papers and commentaries and provided individualized information to inform the public debate at national and state levels regarding temporary assistance for needy families, the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap, formerly food stamps), medicaid, and other public programs. For example, provided information about the harm caused by block grants, work requirements and time limits and best practice for employment and training services.

children and youth:- published influential papers and commentaries on a range of early childhood and child care topics, including state policy options to promote greater stability for families in child care receipt. - provided extensive technical assistance to state child care advocates and state administrators on policy choices. - published influential papers and commentaries on the circumstances of opportunity youth and youth of color, with an emphasis on mental health for low-income young adults, employment pathways and intersections with the justice system; developed young adult partnerships and engaged youth in policy activism; engaged in federal and local stakeholders to influence the implementation of the workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa); advised states and local communities on effective policy choices, state and local planning for out-of-school youth and wioa, and two-generation strategies.