Press Room

Washington, DC (May 20, 2021)—The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) has named Dr. Manley Alan Begay, Jr., and John Kim to its Board of Directors. Professor Begay is a tenured professor at Northern Arizona University and Mr. Kim is the Executive Director of Advancement Project’s California Office. “We are delighted to have [...]

Washington, DC (April 28, 2021)—Today, President Biden called on Congress to extend the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) for only four more years and make the CTC permanently refundable. While this is an important step toward promoting families’ economic well-being, families need a guaranteed income that is generous, inclusive, and permanent—not a [...]

Washington, DC (April 21, 2021)—Yesterday, a Minneapolis jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for the murder of George Floyd.  Floyd’s murder last summer initiated the largest global social movement in history in which people from across the country and the globe united in their horror of the brutality of Floyd’s death and the [...]

Washington, DC (March 18, 2021)—On the evening of Tuesday, March 16, eight lives were taken in a senseless shooting spree in Atlanta, GA. Six of the victims were Asian women, marking yet another violent attack in a string of violent attacks against Asian Americans nationwide. At CSSP, we vigorously and loudly denounce violence of all [...]

The Biden administration took an important step toward protecting the health and well-being of immigrant families this week, ending the Trump administration’s disastrous pubic charge rule. As a result, immigrant families and their children can now access the health, nutrition, and housing supports they need without fear of the immigration consequences. The Trump administration’s public charge [...]

Newark, NJ (January 25, 2021)—On Wednesday, January 27th at 9:00 AM ET, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), Federal Court Monitors for the Charlie and Nadine H. v. Murphy child welfare reform litigation, released a new monitoring report documenting progress that New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) has made toward [...]

Washington, DC (January 7, 2021)—The violence that took place yesterday in the nation’s capital, quite literally within the halls of Congress, defies description. Not since the War of 1812 have Americans witnessed a breach of the Capitol building and an attempt to wrest control of our democracy from its rightful stewards. Yesterday’s insurrection, which was [...]

Washington, DC (December 2, 2020)—Early childhood is a crucial period of growth and learning that can influence children’s opportunities well into adulthood and can shape the future of families and communities. Systemic racism harms young children—and all of us—by molding the policies that impact young children and their families, and creating hurdles that limit the [...]

A Statement from Judith Meltzer, President of the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) Washington, DC (September 21, 2020)—We join with so many others in our country and around the world in mourning the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a hero who leaves a huge void in [...]

Washington, DC and Houston, TX (September 17, 2020)—The US child welfare system has a long history of structural racism which has led to devastating consequences for Black, Native, and increasingly Latinx children and families. Despite decades of efforts aimed at reform, racism within the system persists. The upEND Movement works to create a society in [...]