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Fact of the Week: 13 Million Dads Benefit from Low-Income Tax Credits
Lecia Imbery,
June 19, 2015
For Mother’s Day, our Fact of the Week highlighted the 21 million moms who benefit from low-income tax credits. We didn’t want to leave out dads, so this week’s fact is about them. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 13 million fathers in working families benefit from...
A Full Court ‘Press’ to Stop Federal Cuts
Lecia Imbery,
June 18, 2015
We’re doing a full court ‘press’ to stop federal cuts to human needs programs, and we need your help. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education approved funding levels for programs in its jurisdiction. Unlike the President’s budget, which funded priorities more adequately...
Community Voices: Telling Your Story of Nutrition Assistance
Lecia Imbery,
June 17, 2015
With Congress due to reauthorize child nutrition programs like WIC, school lunch and breakfast, summer meals and after school and child care feeding programs, we all have the opportunity to voice our concerns about threatening cuts to nutrition programs. One of the most powerful ways to protect these vital nutrition...
Human Needs Report: Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Family Detention Practices
Lecia Imbery,
June 15, 2015
CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, our regular newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. This edition includes articles on the ongoing appropriations process, immigration reform and family detention practices. See below for the full analysis and links to each section of the report....
Fact of the Week: Nearly Half of Americans Would Struggle with Unexpected Expense of $400
Lecia Imbery,
June 12, 2015
Forty-seven percent of Americans either could not cover an emergency expense costing $400 or would have to borrow money or sell something to cover it, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve System. The picture is bleaker for households with incomes under $40,000: over two-thirds of these households...
