CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
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Head Smacker: If You Aint Cheating, You Aint Trying
Deborah Weinstein,
May 22, 2015
“If you aint cheating, you aint trying.” That’s what a currency trader at Barclays Bank shared in an online chat room about criminal currency manipulation. Those words to live by have resulted in four mammoth banks pleading guilty to federal collusion charges. They will pay fines of $5.6 billion. That’s...
Celebrate 50 years of Head Start with an #EarlyEdChat
Joanna Sandager,
May 20, 2015
Head Start is celebrating its 50th birthday! Join us and other advocates for the weekly #EarlyEdChat to celebrate this important milestone for the Head Start program. On May 21st at 2pm ET, MomsRising and special guest National Head Start Association will kick off a tweetchat via the #EarlyEdChat hashtag. Come and share your questions, stories, resources,...
Fact of the Week: Nearly One in Four Children in the U.S. is Served by the Federal Child Support Program
Deborah Weinstein,
May 20, 2015
In Idaho, the proportion of children relying on Child Support Services is even higher – 28 percent. Many in the state learned that the hard way this week, as Idaho’s state legislature held an unusual special session to take up legislation to prevent the state from losing access to federal child...
Human Needs Report: Appropriations showdowns looming and TANF reform
Joanna Sandager,
May 19, 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 looming appropriations showdowns and proposals to reform TANF that would help (and hurt) recipients. See below for the full analysis and links to each...
What Portion of Our Collective Wealth Are We Willing to Invest So That People Can Succeed?
Deborah Weinstein,
May 15, 2015
This post was originally published by The Huffington Post on May 14, 2015. That is the question President Obama posed at a Georgetown University Catholic-Evangelical Summit on Overcoming Poverty on May 12. It was a fascinating discussion – not least because it was a discussion, with the President exchanging views...
