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The Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people.

Latest Blog Posts from
Deborah Weinstein

 

The President's Budget Explained

Find analyses and tables on various
human needs programs' funding levels here>>

View FY 2011 Budget Webinar >>

If It's Jobless, It's Not a Recovery

The need for a jobs creation agenda is urgent. Unemployment rates are dangerously high. Find job creation principles and policy recommendations from CHN and member organizations here>>

View Webinar on Jobs>>

Census & Poverty Data


The Census Bureau released first surveys showing some of the impact of the recession on poverty, income and the number of uninsured. See how you can use this data for your advocacy efforts.

Find Data Sets, Advocacy Tools & More here >>



Half in Ten Campaign

A national effort to cut poverty in half in ten years
visit Half in Ten: From Poverty to Prosperity website

Learn more about poverty in the U.S. and
efforts to end it >>

 

Human Needs Report

Human Needs Report - March 1, 2010

Previous Human Needs Reports

 

 

Latest News and Research

Budget and Appropriations
HNR: The President’s Budget:  Important Strides Forward After Years of Cuts (3/1/10)
 
CHN: FY 2011 Human Needs Funding: President's Request compared to FY10, FY09 and FY05 funding levels (2/18/10)
 
CHN: FY 2011 Human Needs Funding: President's Request compared to FY10 and FY09 funding levels (2/18/10)
 
Labor and Employment
HNR: Senate Passes Jobs Bill; Abandons Unemployed Workers (3/1/10)
 
CBPP: With Long-Term Unemployment at Record Levels, Congress Should Extend Recovery Act's Unemployment Insurance Provisions Through 2010 (2/22/10)
 
Health Care
HNR: Health Reform Back on Center Stage (3/1/10)
 
CCF: President Obama's Health Care Reform Proposal - Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions (2/22/10)
 
Families USA: States in Need: Congress Should Extend Temporary Increase in Medicaid Funding (February 2010)
 
Economy
HNR: The State of the Union: Jobs, Health Care, and the Deficit (1/29/10)
 
Statement by Deborah Weinstein, executive director of the Coalition on Human Needs, on President Obama's Address to Congress (1/28/10)
 
Taxes
HNR: Congress Fails to Extend the Estate Tax (12/23/09)
 
Climate Change
HNR: Climate Change Legislation in the Senate Waits Until Next Year (12/23/09)
 
National Organizations Urge Senators to Pass a Climate Bill that Includes Similar Protections for Low-Income Households as in the House bill (11/20/09)
 
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