by Kali Grant, Funke Aderonmu, Sophie Khan, Kaustubh Chahande, Casey Goldvale, Indi Dutta-Gupta, Aileen Carr and Doug Steiger | Jan 31, 2019 | Brief, Fact Sheet, Working Paper
This working paper outlines the ramifications of taking away Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and housing assistance from those who do not document meeting new work and community engagement requirements. The paper underscores how proposals that take away basic assistance from people who don’t meet work requirements are ill-informed, ineffective, inefficient, and inequitable, while alternative policies would produce far better outcomes.
by Kali Grant | Jun 7, 2018 | Event, Symposium
Cross-Sector Approaches to Delivering Behavioral Health Services in the Child Welfare System DATE: Thursday, May 31, 2018 TIME: 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Eastern LOCATION: Center for Total Health, Washington, D.C. GCPI, in partnership with Mental Health America and...
by Elisa Minoff, Indi Dutta-Gupta, Kali Grant and Anita Li | Apr 12, 2018 | Data & Workbooks, Fact Sheet, Report
This is a report on working people and their struggle to make a living when paid the federal minimum wage. The report makes a case for raising wages that is grounded in history, economics, movements across the country, and the lived experience of our nation’s lowest-paid working people, with a particular focus on eliminating the tipped minimum wage and the subminimum wage for working people with disabilities.
by Kali Grant | Apr 10, 2018 | Event, Webinar
Webinar – Realizing Full Employment: Bold Policy Solutions to Advance Economic Opportunity for All DATE: Monday, March 14, 2018 TIME: 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. Eastern To view the full recording of the webinar, visit here. To see the slides from the webinar, visit...
by Kali Grant | Feb 23, 2018 | Event, Symposium
Addressing the Behavioral Health Challenges of Low-Income Mothers DATE: Thursday, February 8, 2018 TIME: 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Eastern LOCATION: Center for Total Health, Washington, D.C. GCPI, in partnership with Mental Health America and Kaiser Permanente, hosted...
by Kali Grant | Feb 23, 2018 | Event, Symposium
Next Generation of Whole-Family Behavioral Health Strategies for People with Low Incomes DATE: Friday, September 22, 2017 TIME: 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Eastern LOCATION: Center for Total Health, Washington, D.C. GCPI, in partnership with Mental Health America and...
by Indi Dutta-Gupta, Kali Grant, Julie Kerksick, Dan Bloom and Ajay Chaudry | Feb 20, 2018 | Article, Brief
Subsidized employment programs that increase labor supply and demand are a proven, underutilized strategy for reducing poverty in the short and long term. This article proposes two new separate but harmonized federal funding streams for subsidized employment.
by Kali Grant | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
Nearly all of us will need to take time away from a job at some point to address a family member’s or our own serious illness, or to welcome a new child into our family. Unfortunately, in the United States we have a patchwork system filled with holes when it comes to paid leave.
by Kali Grant | Oct 16, 2017 | Event, Webinar
Webinar – Paid Family and Medical Leave: The Disability Angle DATE: Monday, October 23, 2017 TIME: 2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Eastern REGISTRATION: Registration is required. To register, visit here. People across the United States are talking about the need for paid...
by Kali Grant, T.J. Sutcliffe, Indi Dutta-Gupta and Casey Goldvale | Sep 7, 2017 | Fact Sheet, Report
The need for paid leave is universal and well documented. This first-of-its-kind report by GCPI and The Arc explores paid family and medical leave from the disability angle.
