More than 250 Organizations Urge the House to Prioritize Children’s Safety in FY26 DHS Appropriations Vote
March 5, 2026
The latest CHN Human Needs Report: Budget update, a new attack on immigrants, ACA litigation, minimum wage, and more
Leo Nguyen,
July 22, 2019
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on Congress's spending deal, a new attack on migrants, a victory for minimum wage workers, and more.
Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream in Crisis?
Sarah Morrison,
July 19, 2019
“The American Dream." Americans hold this phrase close to heart. People come from other areas of the world hoping to experience it firsthand. Yet at the same time, an increasing number of people seem to share in the belief that it is an unattainable myth.
CHN applauds passage of minimum wage increase: ‘Today is not the end of this fight. But perhaps it is the beginning of the end.’
CHN Staff,
July 18, 2019
CHN this week applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for its vote to increase the minimum wage. We know that $15 an hour is the absolute minimum workers need nationwide in order to survive. Lifting low-income workers is the right and moral thing to do, pure and simple, and the Senate should take up the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, H.R. 582, for its consideration.
Trump administration plan to change how inflation is measured concerns advocates for poor
CHN Staff,
July 18, 2019
The Trump administration is weighing a plan that uses a different definition of inflation to determine who lives in poverty and who does not. If implemented, the measure would affect people’s eligibility for food stamps, Head Start, school lunch programs, parts of Medicaid and Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and other federal programs.
Save the date! National Call-in Day Monday, July 22. Tell your senators: No cuts. No government shutdown.
CHN Staff,
July 16, 2019
Once again, the Trump Administration and Congress are headed towards the brink. In September, services we need may come to a screeching halt unless new funding levels and the federal government’s authority to borrow are renewed. Since Congress will be leaving for August recess in a few weeks, these vital funding conversations are happening this week! Congress must act soon to agree on spending levels and to raise the limits on federal borrowing (the “debt ceiling”). And the time to speak out is NOW! On Monday, July 22nd, please join in a National Call-in Day.
