Our Path Forward: Advocates nationwide join in CHN’s webinar on how to protect people despite threats from the new Administration and Congress
January 15, 2025
2021 saw a historic increase in the share of federal dollars that went to children. Build Back Better could bring even more good news.
David Elliot,
November 12, 2021
The share of federal dollars spent on children declined precipitously from 2016 to 2020 – reaching a historic low of 7.6 percent in 2020. And then the pandemic settled in. In 2021, fueled by COVID-19 relief efforts such as stimulus checks, a significant Child Tax Credit expansion, increased nutrition assistance, and more funding for early education and child care, the share of federal spending on children rose to 11.2 percent – a whopping 3.5 percentage point increase over 2020. It was the largest one-year increase ever recorded.
Next Week’s Podcast: How Anyone Can Take Action In Lobbying for Build Back Better
Abigail Alpern Fisch,
November 10, 2021
Stay tuned for next week's podcast demystifying how to lobby for Build Back Better and ways to take action right now!
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship November 5, 2021
CHN Staff,
November 5, 2021
The Build Back Better, Please! edition. Covid-19 laid bare a host of vulnerabilities that have been holding our nation back for a long time. We saw shocking disparities in sickness and death by race and ethnicity. We saw billionaires pile up more than $2.1 trillion in new wealth during the pandemic, while unemployment and hardship spiked for millions of Americans – again, disproportionately Black, brown, Indigenous, poor. Our institutions are far more fragile than we thought. Amid lockdowns, schools did not serve the poorest children adequately. Health facilities were overburdened. Too many of our aging lost their lives in nursing homes; there was not enough home care for those who wanted to live in the community.
CHN letter to All U.S. House Members Urging Passage of Build Back Better and Infrastructure Proposals
CHN Staff,
November 4, 2021
The Coalition on Human Needs this week delivered a letter to every member of the U.S. House urging them to vote YES on the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). "Our nation needs these investments in our future," the letter states. "You have the historic opportunity to redress our vulnerabilities by voting for Build Back Better and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act."
Parents speak: How the expanded Child Tax Credit makes their lives easier
David Elliot,
October 29, 2021
ParentsTogether Action, a family advocacy organization which represents 2.5 million parents across the U.S., is collecting stories from moms across the country about how the new, expanded Child Tax Credit has made their lives easier. The group is turning these stories into professionally produced videos. Here are six snippets.
