Fact of the Week: Number of Children Benefiting from Federal Low-Income Child Care Program at a 15 Year Low
Lecia Imbery,
October 30, 2014
The number of children receiving child care funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) fell to a 15-year low, according to CLASP analysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services. The CCDBG is the primary source of federal funding for helping low-income families pay for...
5 Things You Should Know About SNAP
Lecia Imbery,
October 29, 2014
This August marked the 50th anniversary of the food stamp program, known today as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. CHN is joining a number of organizations and advocates this week to talk about the importance of SNAP. We invite you to join in the conversation on October 30 from...
Will you be smacking your head on November 5?
Deborah Weinstein,
October 29, 2014
I can’t tell you who to vote for on November 4. The Coalition on Human Needs is a nonprofit group, and we’re not allowed to weigh in on candidates. But we are allowed to encourage everyone to get out and vote. If you’re reading this, you are almost certainly well...
Death and Taxes: Inevitable for All?
Deborah Weinstein,
October 27, 2014
Considering being very rich? It has a lot of advantages. Even those two things said to be inevitable – death and taxes – can be stalled, if not evaded altogether. Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman published a paper this month documenting that widening inequality is not just a matter...
Yellen Makes the Case for Reducing Inequality
Lecia Imbery,
October 24, 2014
“The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concerns me. The past several decades have seen the most sustained rise in inequality since the 19th century after more than 40 years of narrowing inequality following the Great Depression. By some estimates, income and wealth inequality...
