Publications and Analyses
Original reports, analyses, and publications from CHN and our partners raise awareness of human needs issues and inform the public and key decision-makers.
Feature: Letters to Congress
National Group Sign-On Letter Urges Congress to Quickly Enact No Less Than American Rescue Plan
February 5, 2021
On February 4th, over 100 national organizations including the Coalition on Human Needs called on the United States Congress to enact swiftly no less than what is called for in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Without speedy and comprehensive action, "...families that could have managed will be pushed into poverty and deaths that could have been avoided due to the pandemic will occur."
CHN letter to all U.S. Senators demands COVID-19 relief
September 25, 2020
CHN on Friday, Sept. 25 sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators demanding COVID-19 relief. It reads in part, "The pandemic has imperiled your constituents’ economic well-being and their health. COVID-19 cases are again rising, and as we enter the colder months, the threat will increase. The moratorium on evictions expires at the end of the year. If you leave now without acting, millions of people, unable to come up with one or more months of unpaid rent, will face eviction."
CHN’s letter to all members of the U.S. Senate urging Senators to extend U.S. Census reporting deadlines
August 10, 2020
CHN's letter to all members of the U.S. Senate urging Senators to extend statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data for the 2020 Census to April 30, 2021, extend the deadline to transmit state population totals to that date, prohibit the Bureau and the President from sending the relevant data to the Congress in advance of those deadlines, and to allocate $400 million to address Census Bureau operational challenges.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
CHN urges Senate passage of two amendments limiting Pentagon spending
July 17, 2020
The Coalition on Human Needs is urging passage of two amendments that would shift our nation’s priorities away from excessive militarism and towards urgently needed investments to meet human needs: the Sanders-Markey amendment (#1788) to cut the Department of Defense budget by 10 percent and the Schatz-MurkowskiHarris-Paul amendment (#2252) to limit the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement.
CHN submits comments in opposition to Oklahoma’s proposed Medicaid cap
June 29, 2020
Oklahoma’s willingness to shift to a per capita cap funding structure in its Medicaid program is in our view state administrative malpractice at any time. It would place the state – and its people – at absolutely unacceptable risk during a pandemic. More people will get sick from COVID-19. Medical costs will rise as a result. The current Medicaid funding structure is intended to protect people across the nation if states face such health crises. Approving such a limit, which will only result in the state restricting Medicaid eligibility or benefits, or adding more onerous cost-sharing as it now seeks, is certainly contrary to the Medicaid statute’s purpose.
CHN submits comments opposing Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver request
June 29, 2020
The proposal advanced by the Commonwealth of Kentucky will not make stable employment more likely for its current Medicaid enrollees; in fact, the loss of Medicaid coverage will stand in the way of steady work.
