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CHN Joins Civil Rights and Health Equity Organizations to Call for Fair, Accessible Health Coverage
July 23, 2026
A coalition of civil rights and health equity organizations is calling for health insurance affordability programs that are seamless and fair.
Commerce Department Is Harming Communities and Undermining Advocacy
July 21, 2026
We fight hard to improve the Census data and make sure everyone is counted. Now both of those critical uses of Census Bureau data are at risk.
262 Organizations Call on Congress to Reject a Harmful Reconciliation 3.0 Package
July 13, 2026
Letter to Congress
The coalition of organizations warn Congress that additional cuts would increase hardship for families already struggling with the rising costs of food, housing, health care, and other necessities.
Our Safety Net Was Already Full of Holes. They’re Only Getting Bigger.
July 8, 2026
This administration and Congress are slashing benefits even as life gets unbearably expensive for working people.
Partnership for Basic Needs Homepage
The Partnership for Basic Needs is a coordinated alliance of national, state, and local groups fighting to block cuts to programs that support families struggling to meet their basic needs. Visit the homepage for more resources.
Thousands of Mainers are living without health insurance since premiums skyrocketed
At the start of this year, Rachel Phipps, a 64-year-old retired social worker, decided to forego her health insurance. After Congress failed to extend pandemic-era tax credits, her household’s monthly premium increased from $200 per month to more than $2,800.
Trump says millions are ‘lifted’ off SNAP. A Charlotte nonprofit says hunger hasn’t gone away in NC
Boxes and tractor trailers loaded with donated food move quickly through volunteers’ hands inside a Charlotte warehouse where frozen meat, fresh produce, and cartons of eggs are distributed when they’re available. This is where families come when groceries run out—sooner than later.
How state lawmakers are trying fill gaps left by federal changes to food assistance
When Kasey McBlais, a single mother of two, renewed her federal food assistance benefits for the year, she found the monthly amount inexplicably reduced from $600 to $359. Due to the Trump administration’s changes to SNAP, thousands of Mainers like McBlais are seeing disruptions in their benefits.
