CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: Build Back Better update, FY22 spending bills, and voting rights legislation
Lecia Imbery,
October 26, 2021
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on negotiations surrounding the Build Back Better Act, what's in the recently-released Senate FY22 spending bills, and a blocked effort to protect voting rights.
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship October 22, 2021
CHN Staff,
October 22, 2021
The Americans-are-falling-behind edition. Rents are late and evictions are looming. Two-thirds of parents say their kids have fallen behind in school. One in five households say someone in the home has been unable to get medical care for a serious condition. These are but a few of the findings from a new poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Next Week’s Podcast: Student Advocates Discuss The Need For Pathway To Citizenship For All Immigrant Communities
Abigail Alpern Fisch,
October 22, 2021
Stay tuned for next week's podcast featuring undocumented and unafraid young organizers and student advocates! Add your voice to the movement of finally achieving immigration reform!
Child Tax Credit advocates: “We’re asking that we keep doing the thing that we knew was right in the first place.”
David Elliot,
October 22, 2021
Earlier this week, faith leaders gathered near the U.S. Capitol for a 12-hour vigil in support of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan pending in Congress. The “Keep the Faith Vigil” focused on so many issues close to the hearts of human needs advocates: hunger, housing, immigration reform, climate change, paid leave, tax credits for low-income families, home and community-based care, health care, labor rights, and more.
What is the cost of not passing Build Back Better?
David Elliot,
October 15, 2021
Kaylen Marie Barker is a ninth-generation West Virginian whose ancestors moved to Appalachia to escape abject poverty. But despite having a master’s degree, Kaylen finds herself living in “generational poverty,” and spends time hunting for pennies in her couch cushions in order to put gas in her car. Kaylen says her state desperately needs President Biden’s Build Back better plan, which would inject billions of dollars into West Virginia’s economy, lift children and families out of poverty, expand health care, and do so much more.
