Trump Shutdown Resources
The Trump government shutdown lasted 35 days. Here are resources from around the Coalition and beyond on the Trump Shutdown and the impact it has had on programs, places, and people.
Read CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein’s statement on the end of the shutdown.
Overview / Basics
- CHN, Jan 23 – CHN’s Letter to U.S. Senators Opposing the “End the Shutdown and Secure the Border” Act
- CAP, Jan. 18, 2019 – 5 Ways the Trump Shutdown is Hurting Struggling Workers, Families, and Communities
- CHN. Jan. 17, 2019 – Shutdown Central
- CHN, Jan. 16, 2019 – The Trump Shutdown is now the longest failure to provide for federal services in American history (PDF)
- NPR, Jan. 9, 2019 – How Is The Shutdown Affecting America? Let Us Count The Ways
- Pew Research, Jan. 9, 2019 – The data casualties of the federal government shutdown
- CHN. Jan. 9, 2019 – Human needs concerns mount as the Trump Shutdown continues
- Vox, Jan. 9, 2019 – What’s actually happening at the US-Mexico border, explained
- CBPP, Jan. 8, 2019 – Greenstein: Policymakers Must End Government Shutdown as Harmful Effects Grow
- Senate Appropriations Committee (Minority Staff), Jan. 3, 2019 – UPDATED IMPACTS OF THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN
- Vox, Jan. 2, 2019 –The border wall fight at the center of the government shutdown, explained
Health:
- CHN, Jan. 18, 2019 – Electricity Bill or Epilepsy Meds? Furloughed Worker Must Choose
Children’s Health Watch, Jan. 17, 2019 – Risks to Families Under the Current Government Shutdown
Immigration:
- CHN, Jan. 9, 2019 – The Trump Wall: a Monument to Cynical Deception
- NILC, Jan. 8, 2019 – Trump is Obsessed With Vanity Wall and He is Willing to Hurt Millions of People to Get It
Housing and Homelessness:
- NLIHC, Jan. 8, 2019 – Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter to congressional leadership and issued a press release outlining the effects of the shutdown on affordable housing and community development, including its impacts on specific HUD and USDA programs.
- NLIHC, Jan. 15, 2019 – Impacts of Government Shutdown on Affordable Housing Programs: from the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding
- NLIHC, January 2019 – Interactive Map showing the Impact the Government Shutdown is having on HUD Project-Based Rental Assistance Contracts
Education & Labor:
- CHN, Jan. 11, 2019 – Trump Shutdown: ‘More of a Shakedown than a Shutdown’
- CHN, Jan. 10, 2019 – Day 20: The Trump Shutdown’s Forgotten Workers
- CHN, Jan. 8, 2019 – Stories From The Trump Shutdown
- CAP, Jan. 7, 2019 – Missing Paychecks Due to Trump Shutdown Total $2 Billion Every Two Weeks
Poverty & Income Support
- CLASP, Jan. 3, 2019 – What a Shutdown Means for TANF
Food & Nutrition
- CBPP, Jan. 22, 2019 – Many SNAP Households Will Experience Long Gap Between Monthly Benefits Even if Shutdown Ends
FRAC, Jan. 7, 2019 – Government Shutdown Threatens National Emergency for Millions of Hungry Households - National WIC Assoication, January 2019 – Federal Government Shutdown: Talking Points and FAQs
Social Services
- NNEDV, Jan. 15, 2019 – Federal Shutdown Continues to Jeopardize Safety for Victims of Domestic Violence