Breaking the Cycle of Re-Incarceration with Education
wpengine,
November 2, 2016
Last week the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) hosted an event covering an important and often overlooked topic: reintegration to society after incarceration. Many attended in person or tuned in via webcast to hear the discussions on “Reconnecting Justice: Pathways to Effective Reentry through Education and Training,” the...
Sign the Voter Pledge
Leo Nguyen,
November 1, 2016
Editor’s note: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a member of CHN, has joined forces with other civil rights and voting organizations across the country to get out the vote. At CHN, we support these efforts, and know they are especially important in light of restrictive voter laws...
Outcomes: programs that work for human needs
Leo Nguyen,
October 28, 2016
As supporters of human needs programs, we know federal programs are essential and effective tools in the fight against poverty and inequality. Now we have new advocacy tools that help you show just how essential and effective these programs are: announcing CHN’s new Outcomes fact sheets. CHN’s new Outcomes sheets...
Four reasons why consumers will find affordable health insurance in the marketplaces
Families USA,
October 25, 2016
Editor’s note: With the press coverage and campaign rhetoric about increasing premiums in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, we want you to see important facts, supplied by the health care experts at Families USA. Open enrollment in the marketplaces begins November 1. We all have to spread the word about that, and make...
Fact of the Week: Three in four extremely low income renters spend more than 50 percent of income on rent
Leo Nguyen,
October 20, 2016
Housing costs eat up an exorbitant amount of low-income families’ budgets. A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows that three-quarters of extremely low income (ELI) renter households, defined as earning no more than 30 percent of their area’s median income or the federal poverty guideline,...
