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
The Arc: Disability Perspectives on Paid Leave — A Qualitative Analysis of Leave-taking Among Workers Affected by Disability or Serious Health Conditions
February 4, 2019
"Disability Perspectives on Paid Leave: A Qualitative Analysis of Leave-taking Among Workers Affected by Disabilities or Serious Health Conditions" is ground-breaking research on how workers with disabilities and working caregivers of people with disabilities use, need, and benefit from paid family and medical leave. It is one of the only studies to specifically explore whether current paid and unpaid leave policies and programs meet the needs of the disability community. Findings offer key insights on how existing leave policies can become more disability-inclusive and highlight the need for a comprehensive national paid leave policy.
CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Basic Facts
January 29, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administers Medicare and Medicaid along with other Federal health care programs and services. This booklet provides an overview of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs and some brief information on other types of health coverage.
CDF: Child Poverty in America 2017 — State Analysis
January 29, 2019
State data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 13, 2018 reveal that child poverty remains a crisis across our nation despite progress in some states. While 16 states experienced significant decreases in child poverty from 2016, children were still the poorest age group in America. More than 1 in 5 children were poor in 16 states and the District of Columbia. Young children and children of color fared the worst. Only two states—West Virginia and Kentucky—had White, non-Hispanic child poverty rates over 20 percent, whereas only four states had Black child poverty rates under 20 percent. In all but three states, poverty rates were also higher among children under 6 than among children 6-17. In order to end child poverty, we must ensure all parents and caregivers have the resources to support and nurture their children: jobs with livable wages, affordable high-quality child care, supports for working families like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC), and safety nets for basic needs like nutrition and housing assistance.
