Editor’s note: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a member of CHN, has joined forces with other civil rights and voting organizations across the country to get out the vote. At CHN, we support these efforts, and know they are especially important in light of restrictive voter laws…
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Outcomes: programs that work for human needs
As supporters of human needs programs, we know federal programs are essential and effective tools in the fight against poverty and inequality. Now we have new advocacy tools that help you show just how essential and effective these programs are: announcing CHN’s new Outcomes fact sheets. CHN’s new Outcomes sheets…
Four reasons why consumers will find affordable health insurance in the marketplaces
Editor’s note: With the press coverage and campaign rhetoric about increasing premiums in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, we want you to see important facts, supplied by the health care experts at Families USA. Open enrollment in the marketplaces begins November 1. We all have to spread the word about that, and make…
Fact of the Week: Three in four extremely low income renters spend more than 50 percent of income on rent
Housing costs eat up an exorbitant amount of low-income families’ budgets. A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows that three-quarters of extremely low income (ELI) renter households, defined as earning no more than 30 percent of their area’s median income or the federal poverty guideline,…
The election, tax policy and the economy
Last Friday, we noted that some very important issues have not gotten much attention in this campaign season. We cannot tell you who to vote for – hence the silenced Head Smacker. But we can describe the Clinton and Trump tax proposals, and what the evidence says their impact is…
Head-Smacking in the Election Season
As you may know, the Coalition on Human Needs is the kind of tax-exempt organization that cannot take any positions on candidates for public office. While the campaign season has provided no shortage of opportunities for head-smacking, the best we can do for most of these is to urge you…
The state of poverty in your state
In the wake of the September release of the 2015 Census Bureau data on poverty, CHN put out a national report, The High Cost of Being Poor in the U.S., which detailed our findings on the state of poverty around the country and what measures helped pull people out of…
Closing the opportunity gap for our children
“Children remain more likely to be poor in America than any other age group, with nearly one in five in poverty in 2015. As with adults, children of color experience poverty at much higher rates that their white peers. In fact, African American and Latino children are roughly 2.5 times…
How 2 minutes of your time – today – can help millions
“Not long ago, Renee Bergeron—a single mother from Duluth, Minnesota—was between paychecks and took out a small payday loan to help cover her rent. Once her payday came around, Bergeron found—much to her dismay—that she was unable to pay her basic bills and also make her loan repayment. As a…
How a tax credit changed my life
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on RESULTS’ blog on September 29. CHN’s recent report, The High Cost of Being Poor in the U.S., also calls for the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit to low-income workers who aren’t raising children and for making it available to such workers…
Fact of the Week: 600,000 employees will gain paid sick days
If you’ve been to a doctor’s office or pharmacy lately, you’ve seen the signs announcing that flu season is here, and urging you to get your flu shot now. On my daily commute, I walk by no fewer than three CVS pharmacies, all warning me to get my shot before…
Partially Happy New Fiscal Year!
Congress has enacted temporary spending to last through December 9, and the President has signed the bill. It’s very good news that there is no interruption in funding for housing, emergency food, education, child care, and a host of other important programs with the October 1 beginning of the new…