The disastrous budget reconciliation package that is now in the Senate will severely harm at-risk communities unless substantial changes are made.
The $295 million in SNAP cuts will increase hunger across the country, hitting children, seniors, and working families the hardest. At a time when food insecurity is still high in many communities, cutting SNAP is both cruel and short-sighted.
Roughly 15 million Americans will lose health coverage because of the $800 billion cut to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act along with other provisions in the House package.
Tens of millions of people with low incomes will lose access to basic needs programs, all to give tax breaks that primarily benefit the wealthy and corporations while inflicting harm on immigrant communities.
We cannot keep allowing the passage of these unfair tax policies that disproportionately benefit the rich while making low-income and vulnerable communities suffer, including by taking food assistance and health care away from millions. That’s not good for our society or economy.
Now more than ever, it’s critical that Congress protect health care, nutrition, and other essential services that help millions of families meet their basic needs. We should strengthen support for these programs—not take them away. We need each and every Senator to get a strong and clear message that their constituents oppose these harmful proposals.
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The proposals by Republican members of Congress will make billionaires wealthier by taking away health care and nutrition support from millions of Americans, including constituents in their districts.
The Coalition on Human Needs strongly urge members of the House of Representatives to vote NO on the FY 2025 Budget Resolution. These cuts are not savings – they would impose huge costs to communities nationwide.
Census Bureau’s upcoming privacy protection decisions, while crucial, risk undermining accurate child poverty data, potentially harming funding for critical programs and disproportionately affecting rural and minority communities.
The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee proposed a $12 billion in cuts to school breakfast and lunch, which would impact 24,000 schools and 12 million children across the country.
Steps have been taken in the House and Senate to shift the nation’s wealth from everyday people to billionaires. We can and must block their dangerous path.
I’m disabled and want to work. But if I earn “too much” — even if it’s not enough to live on — I’ll lose benefits. That’s not how it should be.
Trump’s order criticizes these diversity, equity, and inclusion plans, labeling them as “immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” However, the reality of these efforts is far from what the executive order suggests.
Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is key to solving homelessness.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is essential to protect ordinary people from unfair, deceptive, and abusive financial practices
Congress is soon expected to consider the “No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities” Act. Despite its name, this bill will force cities and states to choose between facilitating mass deportations or losing otherwise unrelated health, education, transportation, domestic violence response, and other funding. We urges Members of Congress to vote no on this harmful legislation.
We are outraged that the Trump Administration has allowed so-called DOGE staff to access millions of older Americans’ sensitive data.
A single mom makes her way through the grocery store, swipes her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card. She found out that her account is empty.