"A report by the Center for Law and Social Policy notes the severe backlog of applications at SSA as a hindrance for long COVID applicants, and others."
Republicans introduced a harmful bill that would raise the age of people subject to time limits in SNAP and expand them to parents of children ages 7-17.
Parker Gilkesson was interviewed to discuss CLASP report about how SNAP supports families with low incomes, but also reinforces racism and structures of oppression.
On December 19, Parker Gilkesson spoke at a virtual briefing hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance that examined how the lifetime SNAP/TANF drug conviction ban continues to harm families and why the time for repeal is now.
On December 14, Parker Gilkesson and members of CLASP’s Community Partnership Group presented “Redesigning SNAP: An Anti-Racist Vision for SNAP: Ensuring Food Justice for All” at a conference hosted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
On June 22, Parker Gilkesson of the income and work supports team and Maryann Broxton of the Community Partnership Group, presented on Strategies to Engage State and Local Partners, Stakeholders and Elected Officials. The event was part of the Food Research and Action Center’s 2023…
In this op-ed, Parker Gilkesson addresses the misperceptions surrounding fraud in SNAP and other public benefits programs. She draws on the testimony she offered to a Congressional committee on this topic.
By Emma Loop (Excerpt) “We had to input the wrong information to get the right output. So everything you’re capturing is incorrect,” Gilkesson, who now works as a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, told the Washington Examiner. “And that’s all…