Press Room

Washington, DC (July 28, 2025) – The CARES Ambassadors, young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 years old with experience in the foster care system, are appalled by the tax and budget bill signed into law by President Trump on July 4th. The CARES Ambassadors are working to reimagine how society supports young people [...]

Washington, DC (April 15, 2024)—All young people belong to families and communities and deserve our collective love and support. Young people want to be seen for their “whole selves”—that is, in the full beauty and complexity of who they are. They deserve to feel encouraged, affirmed, and supported as they make their way in the [...]

Washington, DC (March 7, 2024)—The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors: Dr. Leon Caldwell (joined Summer 2023), Senior Director Health Equity Strategy and Innovations at American Hospital Association and Founder, Ujima Developers; Elliott Hinkle, Principal and Founder, Unicorn Solutions LLC; and Helly Lee, Director, [...]

Newark, NJ and Washington, DC (October 30, 2023)—Today’s release of a final report by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), the court-appointed Monitor in the federal class action lawsuit Charlie and Nadine H. v. Murphy, marks the successful conclusion of almost two decades of work to improve New Jersey’s child welfare system. [...]

Washington, DC (July 20, 2023)—Today leading economic justice, racial justice, other advocacy organizations are joining to launch the Coalition for Free and Fair Filing. Dedicated to simplifying and streamlining tax filing for tens of millions of Americans, the Coalition’s goal is to support Internal Revenue Service (IRS) efforts to develop a free, simple, and publicly-owned online tax filing [...]

Washington, DC (May 22, 2023)—An amici curiae brief is a filing with the court from an individual or organization who is not a party to the litigation, but who can assist the court by providing special knowledge or insight on the issues in the case. Given our breadth of expertise, CSSP is often asked to sign on [...]

Newark, NJ and Washington, DC (April 17, 2023)—On Tuesday April 25, a Fairness Hearing will take place in the Charlie and Nadine H. lawsuit, for which CSSP has served as the Federal Monitor since 2006. After many years of sustained effort and significant improvements in the work of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (NJ [...]

Washington, DC (February 15, 2023)—The Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) is pleased to announce the selection of Leonard Burton as President. Mr. Burton brings more than three decades of experience leading anti-racist, intersectional social justice work including executive leadership in public social service systems, philanthropy, community change, [...]

  Posted on November 10, 2022 by CSSP With Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter, and his subsequent chaotic leadership of the company, the Center for the Study of Social Policy has made the decision to pause our use of the platform while waiting to see how the situation evolves. Since Musk took ownership of [...]

Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; and Washington, DC (August 18, 2022)—The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law on August 16th, makes important investments in addressing climate change and improving health care access and affordability for millions across the country. Although it is a good start, there is so much more that [...]