CHN Analyses and Publications

This page is a compilation of originally produced reports, analyses, and publications by the Coalition on Human Needs.

Recently Released

Budget Cuts

CHN & ECAP: First Things First for America: The President's Budget Makes the Wrong Choices (February 2007) National & state reports available

CHN: Guide to the FY 2007 Budget: What's At Stake for Human Needs (3/7/06)

CHN: The Taint of the Union, 2006: The Favored Few at the Expense of the Forgotten Fourth (1/27/06)

CHN: State Fact Sheets - How Budget Cuts Will Affect Your State (1/13/06)

CHN: When is a Cut a Cut? When it Takes Away Services People Need (1/10/06)

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

CHN: Letter from 100 Organizations to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Regarding New TANF Regulations (3/8/06)

2005

Budget Cuts
CHN: House Committees Cutting Low-Income Programs to Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy - Update (Revised 10/28/05)

Hurricane Katrina
Emergency Hurricane Relief Legislation: Too Long Delayed (10/19/05)

New Poverty Data
More People in Poverty, More Uninsured in 2004 (8/30/05)

2006 Budget
What is in the FY 2006 Budget Resolution? (pdf) (updated 9/14/05)

Dangerous Choices: The President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget (pdf) (3/8/05)

CHN Press Release: The Wrong Choices: The President's Budget Plan Hurts Children, Elderly, Disabled, and Low-Income People While Protecting the Affluent (html) (2/7/05)

Budget Basics 101 (pdf) (1/11/05)

Budget Basics 101 (pdf - text only version) (1/11/05)

How to Talk About the Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on the People in Your State (html) (updated 2/1/05)

2004

Human Needs Program Reauthorization Progress for the 108th Congress (Chart) (Updated 7/28/04)

Comments on the Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Certification Provisions (6/11/04)

Block Grants Proposals That Threaten Services for Families and Communities (Chart) (Updated 5/26/04)

The President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget: Slamming the Door Shut on Opportunity for All Americans (2/5/04)

The Real State of the Union: How the Administration's and Congress' Irresponsible Choices Failed Low-Income Families and Workers in 2003 (1/20/04)

CHN Issue Briefs

CHN Issue Brief: Minimum Wage (updated December 2004)

CHN Issue Brief: Child Nutrition (updated September 2004)

CHN Issue Brief: Medicaid (updated October 2004)

CHN Issue Brief: Medicare (updated July 2004)