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
2019 – 2020 Public Policy Document
January 8, 2019
The Public Policy document outlines the positions that CHN takes on various issues with specific policy stances on issues that effect low-income and vulnerable people.
CHN submits comments in opposition to drug testing of UI applicants
January 7, 2019
Drug testing has little benefit and unnecessary and wasteful costs. Beyond that, it harms individuals and families by denying them needed benefits. It may be the intent of proponents of drug testing to curb the significant problem of substance use disorders in this country, but there is scant evidence that people receive treatment as a result of these requirements, wherever they have been imposed. People lose access to benefits such as income assistance or medical care; they are not directed to treatment programs. The loss of needed benefits only exacerbates the problems faced by these families. The best way to help people gain employment, which is a main purpose of Unemployment Insurance, is to connect them to services, not to drive them away.
UnidosUS: Power of the Purse — How Hispanics Contribute to the U.S. Economy
November 5, 2018
This report, released with New American Economy, details the contributions that Hispanic Americans have made to the U.S. economy through their high workforce participation rate, their spending power, the amount they contribute as taxpayers, and analyzes how economic inequality faced by the Latino community affects prosperity for all Americans.
