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
CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: Special edition examines Biden Administration’s proposed budget
Lecia Imbery,
June 7, 2021
CHN just released a special edition of the Human Needs Report focusing on President Biden's FY22 budget request. Read on for an overview of the request and details from select government departments that most directly impact people with low incomes.
Emerging from the pandemic: How we place America’s children and families on a path to prosperity
Catherine Gorey,
June 4, 2021
Emerging from the pandemic will neither be easy for America nor for America’s children. Many have experienced hunger and live in households anxious over possible eviction. Many have not been able to learn effectively without adequate access to the internet. Children of color and children in families with low incomes have been disproportionately harmed, sometimes by the deaths of loved ones from COVID-19. But the groundbreaking proposals put forth by the Biden Administration give us hope that America’s children and families will have the resources and programs they need to place them on a path toward recovery and prosperity.
COVID-19 brought unique challenges, both for college students and those outside the college track
Catherine Gorey,
June 3, 2021
With online learning transitions, many students lost the resources and financial assistance their schools provided them. Combined with decreased availability of short-term employment and increased risk of front-facing jobs, many education plans have been uprooted.
COVID-19 magnified America’s housing crisis for families with children
Catherine Gorey,
June 1, 2021
Homelessness and insecure housing have received attention from policy researchers as growing evidence of their harm has surfaced. Links between experiencing homelessness and poor health outcomes are long-lasting and harmful for marginalized communities and families, especially those with young children.
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship May 28, 2021
CHN Staff,
May 28, 2021
They Don’t Care Why You’re Out of Work edition. So far, 24 states have announced they will terminate federal pandemic unemployment benefits sometime in June, months before they will expire. They don’t seem to have tighter labor markets than the other states; rather, the early ends to UI look tied to politics, not economics. And it sure may force some people back to work in low-paying and even unsafe jobs.
