The Federal Budget is a moral document outlining what we as a nation choose to invest in, and these investments will affect individuals and communities across the country. The Coalition on Human Needs believes that these investments should focus on priorities that bring about shared and broad prosperity such as investing in education, health care, housing, financial security, and tax justice.
To help advocates navigate this topic and stay up to date on the latest developments, the Coalition on Human Needs has created this resource library. This library will have official documents, research and analysis, fact sheets, and actions you and your supporters can take to advocate for a responsible federal budget that invests in human needs.
With this information at your fingertips, we hope to empower advocates to develop effective messaging, and stay informed about the latest policy developments. Whether advocating for increased funding for a specific program or pushing for broader changes to the budget process, hopefully this resource library has information that you can use. If you are looking for more state and local-specific data, please check out our State and Local Data Resource Library.
Want something added to this page? Contact Leo Nguyen (lnguyen@chn.org)
If you have question or want to know more about how you can get involved in advocating for a better budget, please contact Dominique Espinoza (despinoza@chn.org)
Protecting and Strengthening Basic Needs Programs – Appropriations and Beyond
- CHN: Nearly 300 Organizations Urge Congress to Reject $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget
- CHN: Letter from over 500 Organizations in Support of Increased Allocation for the FY27 Labor-HHS-Education Bill with form to be added to future versions: FY 2027 Labor–HHS–Education Organizational Sign-on Letter, and see our Events and Webinars (calendar .ics file) page for tentative budget timelines and other events. Let us know if you have an event that you’d like us to include on our calendar!
- Auto CR materials via Senate staff: Prevent Government Shutdowns Act Caucus materials, current cosponsors listed here, and targets: Ossoff (appropriator), Warnock, Cortez Mastro, Gallego, Warner, Alsobrooks, King, Heinrich, Lujan, and Shaheen (appropriator)
- Clean Budget Coalition: Appropriators Must Ensure Trump Complies with Fiscal Guardrails, Dozens of Groups Tell Congress and 226 Groups to Congress: Reject Poison Pill Riders in FY27 Appropriations
- CBPP: Congress Should Include Robust Government-wide Guardrails in 2027 Appropriations to Halt Unprecedented Interference by Trump Administration and House Bill to Make Blocking Federal Funds Easier Would Take Away Help People Need to Afford Rising Cost of Basics
- NLIHC: NLIHC’s Analysis of the House Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Spending Bill for HUD Programs, FY27 Budget Chart for Selected Federal Housing Programs, and House Appropriations THUD Subcommittee Holds Markup on FY27 Spending Bill for HUD Programs – Take Action!
- Futures Without Violence: Protecting Access to Healthcare for Survivors of Domestic Violence Under HR 1: State Strategies and Access to Healthcare for Noncitizen Survivors: Limitations on Medicaid/CHIP & ACA Marketplace
- MAZON in Ms. Magazine: After Historic SNAP Cuts, America’s Hunger Emergency Is Already Here—and Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Make It Worse
- CBPP: Sharp Drop in Number of Children Receiving SNAP Food Assistance Under New Federal Law, in Food Fix: Millions lose access to SNAP as impact of Trump’s signature law comes into focus, in NPR: As states enact changes to SNAP benefits, recipients face new challenges, and in Politico: Weekly Ag (also has more on Senate conversations on SNAP cost shift)
- FRAC: SNAP Participation Data Dashboard, The High Stakes of the Senate Farm Bill: SNAP, State Costs, Food Systems, and Community Consequences June 9, 1 ET, Join Organizational Sign-On to Urge Congress to Modernize and Fully Fund WIC, deadline: May 28 noon ET, and Urge Your Members of Congress to Modernize and Fully Fund WIC
Stopping Administration Attacks and Trump’s Slush Fund
- Public Citizen: Trump’s IRS Settlement Illegally Halts Audits, on the CHN blog: Trump’s Shady $1.77 Billion Fund for Allies, January 6’ers Demands Oversight, and with others: Trump v. IRS: Partner Letter to Congress
- Not Above the Law coalition: Messaging Toolkit: The Trump-Blanche Slush Fund
- DOJ: settlement, announcement of $1.8 B slush fund, and settlement amendment (IRS audit immunity)
- Rep. Raskin’s in the NYT: There’s a Way to Stop Trump’s I.R.S. Slush Fund
- Lawsuits: Public Integrity Project lawsuit representing J6 police officers, Democracy Forward lawsuit (with Common Cause and four other plaintiffs), and CREW lawsuit
- Via CHN Action: Stop Trump’s $1.8 Billion Insurrection Slush Fund Now
- Tax Law Center: Our resources on the Trump-IRS lawsuit and settlement agreement
- Bright America: The Receipts of a Looted Swamp
- Democracy Defenders: Trump’s Lawfare and Weaponization Fund is a Deeply Disturbing and Abnormal” Abuse of Power
- Federal News Network via NCN: White House seeks federal spending data on dozens of nonprofit organizations
Resources to Fight Attacks on Immigrant Neighbors
- CHN: Fund Care, not ICE – Saying NO to Abuse of Power, CHN Opposes Reconciliation Bill Funding ICE, Attacks on Basic Needs and Stop Funding Violence: Human Needs Advocates Tell Congress to Halt DHS Expansion (updated compilation of CHN member statements, actions, and other resources – please let us know if there are other resources we should add)
- Sen. Andy Kim: X Thread on ICE Actions at Delaney Hall