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Putting the Pieces Together for Families with Young Children

April 30 2024
2:00 PM EDT

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Last year, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) released a report, Putting the Pieces Together for Families with Young Children: Aligning State Health and Human Services, Nutrition, Child Care, and Paid Family and Medical Leave. This report highlights the challenges parents of young children face in accessing the benefits and services they need to thrive and the steps that some states are taking to make this process easier. In this webinar, CLASP staff will interview parents, advocates, and administrators from California, Washington, and Washington D.C. who will offer insight into what it takes to build an aligned system of supports for families in this critical period.

Panelists:

  • Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
  • Alyssa Fortner, Policy Analyst, Child Care and Early Education, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
  • Unique Robinson, Parent, California
  • Shereese Rhodes, Parent, Washington
  • Melissa Stone, Deputy Director, Disability Insurance Branch, California Employment Development Department
  • Jennifer Greppi, Parent Policy Director, Parent Voices
  • Ruqqiyah Ambar Shaheen, Director of Early Childhood Programs and Policy, DC Action for Children
  • Babs Roberts, Director, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

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