The CHN office is always a flurry of activity. With a small staff and so much to do to protect and expand basic needs programs that help our low-income neighbors, there’s no time to sit still. This week is even busier as we take care of final preparations for our Human Needs Hero reception on Thursday, July 19th, where Read More »
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Head Smacker: The Anti-baby Administration
July 11, 2018
“Believe me, I love babies.” – then-candidate Donald Trump, at a campaign rally in 2016. I can almost hear Donald Trump’s voice in my head saying a line that easily could have followed the one above: “No one loves babies more than I do.” But if Candidate Trump really loved babies, something drastic must have happened Read More »
Categories: Deportation, Immigration
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on FY19 spending and cuts, SNAP, important Supreme Court decisions, efforts to combat the opioid crisis and immigration bills in the House, and more. Click here for a PDF version. Spending Cuts Package Falls in the Senate Advocates breathed a sigh Read More »
Categories: Budget and Appropriations, Food and Nutrition, Health, Immigration, Opioids, SNAP
The Human Needs Report: Immigration bills in the House, a better bill for SNAP, FY19 spending, and more
June 19, 2018
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on immigration bills in the House, advocates fighting to stop family separations at the border, a better bill for SNAP, a spending cuts package, and FY19 spending work. Click here for a PDF version. Senate to Take up Spending Cuts Package this Week Read More »
Categories: Budget and Appropriations, Food and Nutrition, Health, Immigration, Labor and Employment, SNAP
Four in 10 adults either could not cover an emergency expense costing $400 or would have to borrow money or sell something to cover it, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve System. The picture is bleaker for people with a high school degree or less: 54 percent of these respondents said they Read More »
Categories: Poverty and Income
“[T]he Supreme Court has dramatically tilted the legal system against the working people, paving the way for corporations to break workplace laws with impunity. … Every American needs to know that the Trump Administration sided not with the workers in this case, but with the corporations that want to strip away workers’ rights.” The above Read More »
Categories: Labor and Employment
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for pieces on defeating harmful cuts to SNAP/food stamps, a spending cuts package in the House, one win and one loss for consumer protections, and more. Click here for a PDF version. House Could Vote on Spending Cuts Package this Week The House Read More »
Categories: Budget and Appropriations, Census, Food and Nutrition, Housing and Homelessness, Immigration, Poverty and Income, SNAP
How the House’s SNAP cuts would hurt children
May 11, 2018
The House is likely to vote as soon as next week on the Farm Bill, legislation that includes the reauthorization of SNAP/food stamps. Despite historically being a bipartisan bill, the version put forth by the House GOP leaders this year includes sweeping, even stricter work requirements for recipients than those that are already in place. Read More »
Categories: Food and Nutrition, SNAP
Fact of the Week: Nearly 70 percent of critical human needs programs have lost ground since FY10
May 8, 2018
Afterschool programs for children cut by nearly 10 percent. Juvenile justice programs cut by more than 40 percent. Housing for the elderly cut by 28 percent; housing for people with disabilities cut by one-third. Heating and cooling assistance for low-income people cut by more than one-third (38 percent). Out of the 181 programs tracked by Read More »
Categories: Budget and Appropriations, child care, Job Training and Education, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Poverty and Income, Social Services
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Human Needs Report
Human Needs Report
Latest Edition: July 2, 2018
Read articles from the July 2nd edition of the Human Needs Report, including pieces on FY19 spending and cuts, SNAP, important Supreme Court decisions, efforts to combat the opioid crisis and immigration bills in the House, and more. Read More »
