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
86 National Groups Urge Congress to Meet Urgent Needs and Protect Voting and 2020 Census
July 28, 2020
This letter signed by diverse national groups was sent to every Senator and Representative on July 28, urging them to agree upon legislation that meets our people’s urgent health and economic needs, while protecting democratic mainstays including the right to vote and be counted in the Census despite the pandemic.
COVID 4.0 Sign-on Letter
July 24, 2020
The undersigned national organizations urge you to enact new pandemic relief legislation that can effectively reduce the harsh scope of the health and economic crisis engulfing our nation.
CHN urges Senate passage of two amendments limiting Pentagon spending
July 17, 2020
The Coalition on Human Needs is urging passage of two amendments that would shift our nation’s priorities away from excessive militarism and towards urgently needed investments to meet human needs: the Sanders-Markey amendment (#1788) to cut the Department of Defense budget by 10 percent and the Schatz-MurkowskiHarris-Paul amendment (#2252) to limit the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement.
