Restrictive benefits and burdensome paperwork turn seeking help into a full-time job. Simple, direct cash payments are much more cost-effective.
Cash is King: Why Cash is the Best Tool to End Poverty
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Our Path Forward: Advocates nationwide join in CHN’s webinar on how to protect people despite threats from the new Administration and Congress
Nearly 3,000 activists registered for the webinar, ready and willing to work together. We heard from national experts on immigration, child welfare, women’s rights, tax justice, and more, sharing strategies that we must implement together to defend our rights and meet our needs.
A wealth of data for your advocacy
We have provided this data so that you can easily find it when you are educating your policy makers about the impact of proposals on their constituents, preparing op-eds or other communications materials, and seeking funding for your work.
Trump and Vance oppose the spending and disaster relief bill
Trump and Vance announced last-minute opposition to the spending and disaster relief bill before Congress, threatening a government shutdown and delayed relief. Happy holidays, everyone.
Anti-Hunger and Anti-Poverty Leaders Denounce Scrooge-like Efforts to Deny Replacement SNAP Benefits to Victims of Theft, Call on Congress to Continue Policy That Keeps Food on the Table
The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) and the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) are urging Congress to prioritize extending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) replacement benefits in the Farm Bill extension within the end-of-year spending package.
We Need to Invest in Families. Project 2025 Wants the Opposite.
I’m a mom of four and have a child with special needs. Conservatives are pushing harsh cuts to programs that families like mine rely on.
Nearly Half of Older Americans Can’t Afford Basic Needs
Editor’s note: Sherlea Dony is a retired American Sign Language interpreter, consultant on access services for students who are deaf and hard of hearing, and copy editor currently living in Rochester, New York. This blog was distributed and cross-posted with permission by OtherWords.org. I worked hard my whole career and…
78 National Organizations and 86 State Organizations urge lawmakers to protect IRS funding
As Congress considers legislation to extend government funding, a coalition of national and state organizations are advocating to protect funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Organizations Asked to Urge Senate: Oppose Vought Nomination for OMB Director
Organizations are asked to urge Senate to oppose nomination of Russell Vought for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Congress Must Support an Independent, Fully Funded Census Bureau
The collection of objective, high-quality statistics is critical to maintaining public confidence in the data that underlie our democracy, the fair distribution of resources to all communities, and our understanding of who we are as a society.
This Thanksgiving
Every year, we at the Coalition on Human Needs like to consider what we’re thankful for when Thanksgiving rolls around. There’s no doubt, what we’re expecting to be up against come January inspires us with a number of emotions, and gratitude is not really so high on the list.
Except…to live our best lives, we need to grab onto the people, things, and ideas that give us gladness, that surprise us, take us out of ourselves, make us laugh, and remind us of what endures. How can we not be thankful for the chance to experience all that?
“Who Wins; Who Loses?” Part 2
The incoming administration and Republicans in Congress want to prevent tax breaks from expiring and to enact new ones. Corporate interests and the rich are lining up to benefit from these breaks.