Our Path Forward: Advocates nationwide join in CHN’s webinar on how to protect people despite threats from the new Administration and Congress
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CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: American Rescue Plan, victory for immigrants, Biden nominations and more
Lecia Imbery,
March 15, 2021
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on what's in the COVID-19 relief package and who it helps, changes to anti-immigrant regulations, the status of President Biden's Cabinet, and more.
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship March 12, 2021
CHN Staff,
March 12, 2021
The victory lap edition. Help is on the way. Yesterday President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan. The plan is bold enough to meet the twin problems of pandemic and recession; The New York Times calls it “virtually without precedent in recent American politics.”
COVID-19 complicates progress toward a more humane immigration system
Catherine Gorey,
March 11, 2021
It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s immigration policies were not popular with a large segment of the American public. From Trump’s Muslim travel ban, derailing family reunification policies, detaining migrants at the border, and pausing the processing of Green cards, the Biden Administration has scrambled to undo these immigration policies. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of normal federal immigration function.
Coalition on Human Needs Hails Passage of American Rescue Plan: ‘Help is on the way’
CHN Staff,
March 10, 2021
Help is on the way. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, enacted today by Congress, will offer badly needed help to protect our people from the pandemic’s threats. It is of the scope needed to speed vaccines across the nation and to help families withstand the economic blows that still afflict us.
WV groups: Passage of American Rescue Plan critical for recovery
CHN Staff,
March 5, 2021
With the U.S. Senate on the verge of voting on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan, advocates for West Virginia families are saying federal relief is critical. Even before the pandemic, many in West Virginia faced food insecurity and a lack of childcare and broadband access - according to Amy Jo Hutchinson, an organizer with Our Future West Virginia. "Food insecurity is always a problem," said Hutchinson. "A lot of that has to do with food access, because we're so rural in so many areas. And I know that when COVID hit, the food pantries around here, they saw an increase of three times the regular need."
