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
CHN urges Congress to support Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
July 25, 2019
The Coalition on Human Needs on July 25 urged members of Congres to support the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019.
CHN comments in opposition to proposed Department of Labor staffing flexibility rule
July 25, 2019
CHN strongly opposes the privatization of state employment services and is gravely concerned regarding the effect such a rule would have on people who rely on these services, including the unemployed, veterans, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations, including the poor and near-poor.
CHN calls on House to pass Raise the Wage Act
July 16, 2019
CHN urged members of the U.S. House to support the Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582). By gradually increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024 and indexing it after that, the Raise the Wage Act will lift the pay of tens of millions of workers. The bill would also phase out the outdated subminimum wage for tipped workers, which has been frozen at $2.13 since 1991, and sunset the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities and workers under age 20.
