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
Welcome, National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference Attendees!
May 8, 2023
WELCOME, NATIONAL ANTI-HUNGER POLICY CONFERENCE ATTENDEES! For useful resources and letters you can sign/send, click here.
Hundreds of groups want to protect people, oppose the House bill’s cuts
April 26, 2023
On Wednesday, April 26, a coalition of 267 groups told Congress they oppose a bill by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that would impose sweeping cuts to a wide array of critical human needs programs.
CHN urges House members to reject Speaker McCarthy’s debt ceiling default bill
April 25, 2023
The Coalition on Human Needs on Tuesday, April 25 urged members of the House of Representatives to oppose Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Limit, Save, Grow act, which would cut at least $130 billion from critical human needs programs.
