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Defend SNAP and Medicaid

The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the Big Brutal Bill this week and—like its House counterpart—it’s devastating for nutrition and health care programs for vulnerable communities.

The Senate proposal includes the largest cut to SNAP in history, as part of a budget package that guts basic needs programs.

The bill also contains the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, and will result in 16 million people losing their health insurance. A recent analysis of the House-passed bill found that because of the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and reduced staffing requirements at nursing homes, 51,000 people will die each year.

Additionally, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as many as 330 rural hospitals nationwide could close or reduce services as a result of this bill. And, new research shows that cuts to Medicaid along with SNAP will reduce jobs by 1.2 million nationwide, equivalent to about a 0.8% increase in the unemployment rate.

Cutting the heart out of basic needs programs including SNAP and Medicaid doesn’t save states or the federal government money—it denies care and creates bigger problems down the road, shifting the burden to service providers, local governments, and taxpayers. This will lead to higher costs and more strain on budgets—household and state budgets alike. And it will cost lives.

It’s not too late to change course. Now more than ever, it’s critical that the Senate act to protect health care, nutrition, and other essential services that help millions of families meet their basic needs. We should strengthen support for these programs—not take them away

Click here to send a message to Congress telling them to reject draconian cuts and to strengthen human needs programs.

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Friday Advocates Meeting

CHN’s regular Friday Advocates Meetings are off-the-record. Thank you for not quoting speakers in materials you send to your networks. If you would like to attend a FAM, please contact Joe Battistelli: jbattistelli@chn.org

Friday Advocates Meeting

CHN’s regular Friday Advocates Meetings are off-the-record. Thank you for not quoting speakers in materials you send to your networks. If you would like to attend a FAM, please contact Joe Battistelli: jbattistelli@chn.org

FRAC: April 2019 Breakfast Matters Webinar

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CWLA 2019 National Conference, Advancing Excellence in Practice & Policy: Meeting the Challenge of the Family First Prevention Services Act

Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC

The CWLA 2019 National Conference, Advancing Excellence in Practice & Policy: Meeting the Challenge of the Family First Prevention Services Act, will be held April 9 – 13 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. With the framework of the CWLA National Blueprint for Excellence in Child Welfare, this...

Food Research & Action Center: SNAP Matters for Seniors Webinar

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 1:00 PM Eastern (12:00 PM Central, 11:00 PM Mountain, 10:00 AM Pacific) Discover how many eligible seniors in your state are missing out on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation's first line of defense against hunger.  You'll learn about interactive data tools that...

Friday Advocates Meeting

AFSCME 1625 L St NW, Washington, DC

CHN’s regular Friday Advocates Meetings are off-the-record. Thank you for not quoting speakers in materials you send to your networks. If you would like to attend a FAM, please contact Joe Battistelli: jbattistelli@chn.org

FCNL Spring Lobby Weekend 2019

Registration for Spring Lobby Weekend 2019 is now open! The 2019 Spring Lobby Weekend will focus on immigration. Come lobby for laws that protect the rights and safety of immigrants, migrants, refugees, and their families. This is an especially pivotal time in DC—join us this March and make your voice...

IPS Brown Bag: Activists & Poets Against Walls

Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC

In this multimedia brown bag session, independent DACA activist Allyson Duarte and Poets Against Walls co-founder Emmy Pérez will talk about recent activism in the Rio Grande Valley in support of borderland communities. They will share video footage of speech clips and poetry performances to introduce some of the intersectional...

FRAC: MARCH 2019 Breakfast Matters Webinar

Making Community Eligibility Work with Lower ISPs Community eligibility is a federal option that allows high poverty schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. Schools can participate in community eligibility as long as 40 percent of the enrolled students are automatically eligible to receive free school meals—typically...

First Focus: Cutting Child Poverty in Half Within a Decade: A Congressional Briefing

Rayburn HOB 2020 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

First Focus: Cutting Child Poverty in Half Within a Decade: A Congressional Briefing Hosted by the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group, First Focus, the American Academy of Pediatrics , and the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives, in collaboration with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, and Congressman Danny...

The Trump Budget: What You Need to Know

The Trump Budget: What You Need to Know Thursday, March 14th 2 P.M. EDT, 1 P.M. CDT, 12 P.M. MDT, 11 A.M. PDT Register Here Even if you can't attend, you should register to get access to the webinar recording with captions, slides, and follow-up information. Each year, the President...

FRAC: CEP 30-Minute-Deep-Dive

Understanding the Relationship between Community Eligibility and Title I Funding Community eligibility is an amazing federal option that allows high poverty schools to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all students while eliminating the free and reduced-price school meal application. Many school districts have questions regarding how to...