The Nation Gets a Warning: Federal Cuts to Basic Needs Programs Prevent Progress and Threaten More Uninsured – Far More Harm Ahead if Trillion Dollar Cuts are Not Reversed
September 9, 2025
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The Nation Gets a Warning: Federal Cuts to Basic Needs Programs Prevent Progress and Threaten More Uninsured – Far More Harm Ahead if Trillion Dollar Cuts are Not Reversed
September 9, 2025
New Census Bureau’s poverty and health data the continue to show the impact of policy decisions — and losses faced by children and adults alike when the help that makes a crucial difference in their lives is torn away.
Protecting Immigrant Children from Deportation
September 3, 2025
The Trump anti-immigrant tactics have shifted since the first term, but its disregard for law and for the needs of children continues.
The Coalition on Human Needs Mourns the Passing of Colleague David Elliot
August 28, 2025
David Elliot, a staff member of the Coalition on Human Needs since 2016, passed away this week. He had struggled with cancer in a long and difficult illness.
CHN Weighs In on Proposed USDA Reorganization
August 26, 2025
CHN encourages organizations and individuals to submit feedback on USDA’s proposed plan by emailing reorganization@usda.gov by Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
How many deaths are acceptable to pay for rich people’s tax breaks?
June 23, 2025
The House has passed a budget reconciliation bill, and now the Senate is taking up its version, which it hopes to pass before leaving for the July 4th recess. Health economists at the University of Pennsylvania have estimated that a bill like the House bill would lead to 51,000 preventable…
Slashing Staff Means Less Help for People
April 1, 2025
The Trump Administration wants you to believe that massive cuts in staffing will have no effect on the services people need. The latest blockbuster announcement came from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who will lay off 10,000 workers, doubling the total terminated, one-quarter of…
Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
March 17, 2025
The budget resolution passed by the House of Representatives included instructions to the Agriculture Committee to come up with a plan to cut spending by $230 billion over 10 years. There is no way to do that without taking most or all of this huge figure from the Supplemental Nutrition…
How Much Will We Have to Pay the Ultra-Wealthy?
February 28, 2025
The House of Representatives passed a budget resolution on February 26 that would pay out $4.5 trillion in tax breaks over a decade, with the largest share going to the wealthiest. Who would pay for that? We do – in lost or more expensive health coverage, lost nutrition assistance, higher…
