On October 28, 2021, President Biden unveiled the negotiated framework of his Build Back Better plan. The framework proposes historic investments in sharply reducing child poverty, improving access to health care for millions of Americans, housing, nutrition assistance, child care and pre-K, and so much more. It would also slow climate change by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. On November 19, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act; the Senate must now act.

Scroll down to see statements, analyses, and calls to action from Coalition on Human Needs members and allies. To add your group’s statement or call to action, email David Elliot at delliot@chn.org

November 9, 2021 Update: We’ve now added state fact sheets detailing the state-by-state impact of Build Back Better in various categories. You can find these both under the appropriate issue area, and scrolling all the way down to “State Fact Sheets.”

Multi-issue:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Build Back Better Legislation Would Cut Poverty, Boost Opportunity, November 10, 2021
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Tracking the COVID-19 Economy’s Effects on Food, Housing and Employment Hardships (includes state fact sheets), November 10, 2021
RESULTS: The Latest from Capitol Hill on Recovery Package (includes running update on what’s in Build Back Better with an emphasis on anti-poverty measures, and what action you can take), November 6, 2021
Coalition on Human Needs: CHN’s Letter to All U.S. House Members Urging Passage of Build Back Better, Infrastructure Proposals, November 4, 2021
Coalition on Human Needs: President Biden’s Historic Build Back Better Plan Will Help Millions of Americans, October 28, 2021
Center for American Progress: President Biden’s Framework for Build Back Better Paves the Way for the Most Consequential Economic Legislation in Almost 50 Years, October 28, 2021
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: New Build Back Better Legislation a Historic Step Forward, October 28, 2021
Center for Law and Social Policy: Build Back Better Framework is Historic Investment, October 28, 2021
Children’s Defense Fund: CDF Responds to President Biden’s Build Back Better Framework, October 29, 2021
Center for Law and Social Policy: Build Back Better Advances Equity for Children and Families (includes state fact sheets), November 2021

Child Care and Early Learning:
National Women’s Law Center: Sign-on Letter Supporting Child Care and Pre-K in Build Back Better, October 28, 2021
Center for Law and Social Policy: Build Back Better’s Child Care Provisions: State-by-State Estimates (includes state fact sheets), November 2021
CLASP, NWLC, and The Century Foundation: The Build Back Better Act: Child Care and Early Learning by the Numbers, October 2021

Health Care:
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Build Back Better Increases Health Coverage and Makes it More Affordable (includes state fact sheets for Medicaid non-expansion states), October 29, 2021
Families USA: What Children and Families Need in Budget Reconciliation: Policy Recommendations to Improve Health and Well-Being, October 9, 2021

Housing and Homelessness:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: BBB Includes Major Investments in Housing Affordability (includes state fact sheets), November 4, 2021
National Low Income Housing Coalition: NLIHC Statement on Historic Housing Investments in “Build Back Better” Act, October 28, 2021
National Low Income Housing Coalition: Urge Congress to Enact Historic Housing Investments, October 28, 2021
National Low-Income Housing Coalition: National Housing Trust Fund state allocations (to create or preserve affordable rental homes for households with the lowest incomes)

Immigration:
America’ Voice: Key Facts Regarding the Immigration Provisions in the House BBB Bill, November. 4, 2021
Center for American Progress: Including Immigration Parole in Reconciliation Would Help Millions (includes state fact sheet), October 12, 2021
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Inclusive Child Tax Credit Reform Would Restore Benefit to 1 Million Young ‘Dreamers (includes state fact sheet), April 27, 2021

Low-Income Tax Credits:
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Build Back Better’s Child Tax Credit Would Protect Millions from Poverty — Permanently (includes state fact sheets), November 11, 2021
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: 5 Million Children in Veteran and Active-Duty Families Will Lose out if Child Tax Credit Expansions End (includes state fact sheet), October 20, 2021
Center for American Progress: @CAPPoverty’s twitter thread of the Child Tax Credit and full refundability, September 8, 2021 (Updated October 28, 2021)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Twitter thread on CTC and EITC provisions in Build Back Better framework, October 28, 2021
Niskanen Center: Measuring the Child Tax Credit’s Economic and Community Impact (includes state fact sheets), August 2021
SaverLife: Build Back Better Ensures Investments in Families, November 2, 2021

Nutrition Assistance:
Food Research & Action Center: Hungry Children Can’t Wait: FRAC Urges Congress to Quickly Pass Build Back Better Act, October 28, 2021
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Inclusive Child Tax Credit Reform Would Restore Benefit to 1 Million Young ‘Dreamers (includes state fact sheet), April 27, 2021

Taxes and Revenue:
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Build Back Better Are Fiscally Sustainable, November 10, 2021Americans for Tax Fairness: Build Back Better Deal Marks Generational Change in Tax and Public Investment Philosophy, October 28, 2021
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Tax Provisions in the White House Build Back Better Framework — the Good and the Bad, October 28, 2021

State Fact Sheets:
White House State Fact Sheets on Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, August 2021
White House State Fact Sheets on State Impacts of Build Back Better (includes child care, pre-k, climate change, Pell Grants, school meals/summer food, and Medicaid coverage gap), October 29, 2021
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Build Back Better’s Child Tax Credit Would Protect Millions from Poverty — Permanently (includes state fact sheets), November 11, 2021
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Tracking the COVID-19 Economy’s Effects on Food, Housing and Employment Hardships (includes state fact sheets), November 10, 2021
Center for Law and Social Policy: Build Back Better Advances Equity for Children and Families, November 2021
Center for Law and Social Policy: Build Back Better’s Child Care Provisions: State-by-State Estimates, November 2021
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Build Back Better Increases Health Coverage and Makes it More Affordable (includes state fact sheets for Medicaid non-expansion states), October 29, 2021
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: BBB Includes Major Investments in Housing Affordability, November 4, 2021
National Low-Income Housing Coalition: National Housing Trust Fund state allocations (to create or preserve affordable rental homes for households with the lowest incomes)
Center for American Progress: Including Immigration Parole in Reconciliation Would Help Millions, October 12, 2021
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: 5 Million Children in Veteran and Active-Duty Families Will Lose out if Child Tax Credit Expansions End, October 20, 2021
Niskanen Center: Measuring the Child Tax Credit’s Economic and Community Impact, August 2021
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Inclusive Child Tax Credit Reform Would Restore Benefit to 1 Million Young ‘Dreamers, April 27, 2021

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