As the current pandemic upends daily lives, among the families suffering the most are kinship caregivers. This brief explores kinship care and how this critical resource is at risk now and in the future.
(10 pp)
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Potential COVID-19 Funding Sources
April 2020
The following memo is in response to requests from child welfare agencies to identify opportunities within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
(4pp)
Policy Paper
Paid Leave for All
April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is throwing into sharp relief the need for paid sick days and paid leave, so that everyone can take time to care for themselves or loved ones who are sick, quarantined, and out of school as the nation confronts an unprecedented public health and economic crisis.
(6pp)
Policy Paper
Economic Security in Good Times and Bad: COVID-19 Demonstrates Why We Need a Child Allowance
March 2020
The United States needs a child allowance—now and always. The public health crisis brought on by the coronavirus outbreak demonstrates why we need a child allowance now more than ever.
(4pp)
Policy Paper
COVID-19: Our Response Must Protect the Health and Well-Being of All Children, Youth, and Families
March 2020
As the United States responds to the public health emergency and the looming economic crisis stemming from COVID-19, there has not been enough attention to the needs of children, youth, and families who are likely to suffer most during this crisis.
Read a statement from CSSP President Judith Meltzer on COVID-19.
(2pp)
Policy Paper
The Racist Roots of Work Requirements
February 2020
This report traces policies that take away basic assistance from families for not meeting work requirements back to practices that coerced and exploited the labor of Black families, going back to slavery.
(33 pp)
Policy Paper
What do “Work Requirements” Actually Require? A look at programs that meet families’ basic needs in Montgomery County, Maryland
June 2019
This brief explores work we have done to understand work requirements in Montgomery County, MD. Our goal is to learn what was required of families to apply for, and receive, TANF and SNAP.
Download the supporting infographic.
(8 pp)
Infographic
What do “Work Requirements” Actually Require?—INFOGRAPHIC
June 2019
This infographic demonstrates the extraordinary amount of time required to obtain TANF benefits. NOTE: These public transit directions and commuting times were calculated mid-day, mid-week, using Google Maps. Actual times may vary and this infographic is intended as illustrative.
(1 pp)
Infographic
Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs—INFOGRAPHIC
May 2019
This infographic depicts the different kinds of programs and resources available to children and families including those that are directed at mitigating risk and preventing the need for foster care.
Read the associated fact sheet for more background and information.
Policy Paper
Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs
May 2019
This fact sheet and infographic depicts the different kinds of programs and resources available to children and families including those that are directed at mitigating risk and preventing the need for foster care.
Download the infographic here.
(2 pp)