CHN Urges Members of the House of Representatives to Vote NO on the Reconciliation Proposal
May 21, 2025
Child exploitation and Project 2025: Rewriting the Fair Labor Standards Act
David Elliot,
August 9, 2024
Eighty-six years ago, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. It outlawed, among other things, the practice of children working in hazardous occupations. But today, violations of the FLSA, particularly involving children, are sharply on the rise. And there are those who want to take us back even farther.
Babies in the Budget 2024: New report finds share of spending on children continues to decline
David Elliot,
August 8, 2024
For the third straight year, the share of federal spending on children ages 0-3 declined in fiscal year 2024. That’s according to First Focus on Children, which just released its annual report, and found that the percentage of federal dollars going to programs that wholly or partly serve young children dropped from 1.98% in FY 2021 to just 1.52% in FY 2024.
CHN urges Senate passage of bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act
CHN Staff,
July 30, 2024
We urge the Senate to consider and ultimately pass this bipartisan tax package at the first opportunity because it includes important improvements to the Child Tax Credit (CTC). We see Thursday’s vote as a crucial step. You can act to provide needed help for 16 million children in families with low wages, or you can stand in the way of moving this help forward.
CHN hosts Human Needs Hero gala, honors CBPP’s Ellen Nissenbaum
David Elliot,
July 30, 2024
Hundreds of advocates crowded into a standing-room-only event at the AFL-CIO headquarters last week as the Coalition on Human Needs celebrated its annual Human Needs Hero gala by honoring one of the movement’s foremost leaders on budget, tax, and related battles.
Human needs advocates gather in U.S. Capitol to oppose House spending cuts
David Elliot,
July 26, 2024
Led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, advocates gathered earlier this week to warn of the effects of proposed cuts to human needs programs. The speakers, including advocates for human needs, education, the environment, labor and public health, among others, warned of both dangerous spending cuts and harmful and discriminatory policy riders sprinkled throughout all 12 fiscal year 2025 House spending bills.
