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Human Needs Report: Budget Update, Criminal Justice Reform, Emergency Funding and More
Lecia Imbery,
March 14, 2016
CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, our regular newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. This edition includes articles on the House FY17 budget, a housing assistance bill that passed the House, criminal justice reform, child nutrition reauthorization, and funding for emergencies. See below for the full...
A Federal Budget that Connects the Dots and Works for All
Deborah Weinstein,
March 11, 2016
This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post March 10, 2016. After 20 nationally televised, occasionally entertaining, sometimes appalling debates, our presidential candidates this cycle have discussed a number of important issues: immigration policy, gun safety, health care, taxes, U.S. involvement in the Middle East, and the mounting crisis of...
Zika’s coming. Are we ready?
David Elliot,
March 10, 2016
With the arrival of warm weather, health officials in the U.S. say it is not a matter of if but when we will see a widespread outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Are we ready for it? No, we are not. Stateline, an initiative of Pew Charitable Trusts, recently reported...
Join the #TaxChat Tweetchat on March 15
Lecia Imbery,
March 10, 2016
Tax Day is a little over one month away. In the lead up to the big day, CHN will be joining MomsRising, Americans for Tax Fairness, National Priorities Project, National Women’s Law Center and others on Tuesday, March 15th at 2pm ET for a #TaxChat tweetchat. We hope you’ll be...
Head Smacker: What Could We Do with $695 billion?
David Elliot,
March 8, 2016
Imagine what our country could do with an additional $695 billion. Imagine the number of schools we could build. The number of teachers we could hire (and the decent salaries we could pay!) The number of child care and early childhood education slots we could fill. Imagine how we could...
