Publications and Analyses
Original reports, analyses, and publications from CHN and our partners raise awareness of human needs issues and inform the public and key decision-makers.
Feature: Letters to Congress
National Group Sign-On Letter Urges Congress to Quickly Enact No Less Than American Rescue Plan
February 5, 2021
On February 4th, over 100 national organizations including the Coalition on Human Needs called on the United States Congress to enact swiftly no less than what is called for in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Without speedy and comprehensive action, "...families that could have managed will be pushed into poverty and deaths that could have been avoided due to the pandemic will occur."
CHN letter to all U.S. Senators demands COVID-19 relief
September 25, 2020
CHN on Friday, Sept. 25 sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators demanding COVID-19 relief. It reads in part, "The pandemic has imperiled your constituents’ economic well-being and their health. COVID-19 cases are again rising, and as we enter the colder months, the threat will increase. The moratorium on evictions expires at the end of the year. If you leave now without acting, millions of people, unable to come up with one or more months of unpaid rent, will face eviction."
CHN’s letter to all members of the U.S. Senate urging Senators to extend U.S. Census reporting deadlines
August 10, 2020
CHN's letter to all members of the U.S. Senate urging Senators to extend statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data for the 2020 Census to April 30, 2021, extend the deadline to transmit state population totals to that date, prohibit the Bureau and the President from sending the relevant data to the Congress in advance of those deadlines, and to allocate $400 million to address Census Bureau operational challenges.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Congress must right the wrong of denying health coverage to 2 million of the poorest Americans
August 1, 2022
The Coalition on Human Needs on Thursday, July 28, 2022 urged Congress to extend Medicaid coverage for 2 million low-income Americans living in states that have refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
CHN to Congress: Don’t let job training funds expire for workers whose jobs are shipped overseas
July 11, 2022
A job training program for workers who lose jobs to foreign competition, imports, and bad trade agreements is about to terminate for lack of Congressional reauthorization. The Coalition on Human Needs reached out to advocates nationwide, and they responded with more than 12,600 letters sent to Congress urging that the program be continued by including it in the international competitiveness legislation now being negotiated in Congress.
CHN letter to Congress: Constituents demand help in reconciliation bill
July 11, 2022
The Coalition on Human Needs on Monday, July 11, 2022 delivered a letter to every member of Congress demanding that Senators and House members include in reconciliation legislation help for families struggling to make ends meet.
