More than 250 Organizations Urge the House to Prioritize Children’s Safety in FY26 DHS Appropriations Vote
March 5, 2026
Q&A: Understanding SNAP Time Limits and the Burden of Expanded Work-for-Food Requirements
Gina Plata-Nino, JD,
September 12, 2025
Blog post by FRAC, a member of CHN
Time limits are a cut to SNAP and ignore the structural and personal barriers that many SNAP recipients face — including unstable job markets, part-time work with insufficient hours, unpaid caregiving, and jobs that do not provide documentation needed to prove work activity
Tying Medicaid to Work Further Limits Who Policymakers Deem Worthy of Health Insurance and Undermines the Affordable Care Act
Suzanne Wikle,
September 11, 2025
Blog post by CLASP, a member of CHN
Access to health insurance and health care has never been a right in this country. There has always been a division between those that are considered “worthy” and those that are not, mostly along wealth and racial line.
Medicaid kept my family’s personal tragedy from becoming a financial one
Lakeisha McVey,
September 10, 2025
Blog post by RESULTS, a member of CHN
Many think of Medicaid as the only program that pays for critical assisted living and memory care for aging people. But it also pays for similar services for medically complex children.
The Nation Gets a Warning: Federal Cuts to Basic Needs Programs Prevent Progress and Threaten More Uninsured – Far More Harm Ahead if Trillion Dollar Cuts are Not Reversed
CHN Staff,
September 9, 2025
New Census Bureau's poverty and health data the continue to show the impact of policy decisions -- and losses faced by children and adults alike when the help that makes a crucial difference in their lives is torn away.
Protecting Immigrant Children from Deportation
Deborah Weinstein,
September 3, 2025
The Trump anti-immigrant tactics have shifted since the first term, but its disregard for law and for the needs of children continues.
