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.
by Indi Dutta-Gupta and Kali Grant | May 26, 2017 | Article
Article in the Fall 2015 issue of InSight on two-generation approaches to poverty reduction and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
by Kali Grant | Sep 9, 2016 | Book Release, Event
Book release On September 9, in partnership with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the center hosted a national poverty event to highlight the newly-released book, $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. The event included a presentation by the...
by Kali Grant | Aug 10, 2016 | Event, Webinar
Webinar On August 10, GCPI co-hosted a webinar entitled, “Taking on Chronic Unemployment: Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Subsidized Employment Programs,” with the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and Heartland Alliance. The webinar shared the findings and...
by Kali Grant | Jul 21, 2016 | Event, Panel
Strengthening Unemployment ProtectionsThe center cosponsored an event, “Strengthening Unemployment Protections in America,” with the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the National Employment Law Project (NELP). At the event, Representative Sandy Levin...
by Rachel West, Indi Dutta-Gupta, Kali Grant, Melissa Boteach, Claire McKenna and Judy Conti | Jun 16, 2016 | Fact Sheet, Report
In partnership with the Center for American Progress (CAP) and National Employment Law Project (NELP), the center released a report on modernizing unemployment insurance for a 21st century economy and establishing a new Jobseeker’s Allowance.
by Indi Dutta-Gupta, Kali Grant, Matthew Eckel and Peter Edelman | Apr 13, 2016 | Brief, Report
Subsidized employment is a promising strategy for boosting incomes and improving labor market outcomes and well-being, especially for disadvantaged workers. This report represents findings from an extensive review of evaluated or promising subsidized employment programs and models spanning four decades that target populations with serious or multiple barriers to employment in the United States.
by Kali Grant and Indi Dutta-Gupta | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog
First published on TalkPoverty.org and cross-posted on BillMoyers.com. This Saturday, a number of Republican presidential candidates will converge in South Carolina to debate and discuss “fighting poverty and expanding opportunity in America.” We hope that they...
