Hunger and Poverty. Child Care. Housing Recovery. This week we continue our series, Resources from around the Coalition, where we highlight great work that CHN’s member organizations are putting out. Bread for the World recently issued individual state fact sheets highlighting hunger and poverty across the nation. Their fact sheets…
Archives: Voices
Scandal
This post was originally published in The Sojourner’s Truth on November 5, 2015. … Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so…
Congress Must Act Now to Save Pro-Work Tax Provisions
This post was originally published on The Hill’s Congress Blog on November 4, 2015. Spending time with family and friends, laughing around the table, and volunteering to serve the people who are hungry at my church — all of these moments bring me a sense of joy. Just as I…
Fact of the Week: 100 CEOs Have As Much in Retirement Assets As 41 Percent of American Families
A new report from the Center for Effective Government and the Institute for Policy Studies found that the 100 largest CEO retirement funds are worth a combined $4.9 billion – an amount equal to the entire retirement account savings of 41 percent of American families. A Tale of Two Retirements…
Stand up for child nutrition and share why #WICMatters
WIC Overview from National WIC Association on Vimeo. On Wednesday, November 4 from 1-2pm ET, join CHN, MomsRising, National WIC Association, and advocates across the country for a #WICMatters twitterstorm! Use the hashtag on social media to share why #WICMatters to you and/or the communities you serve. Now is the time…
Budget Deal a Positive First Step
After months of partisan bickering, standoffs and crises, and thousands of actions by advocates who told Congress to #StopTheCuts, a bipartisan budget deal emerged this week. And it’s a deal that’s a responsible and positive step in the right direction. The legislation raises the debt ceiling until early 2017, avoiding…
Voters Aren’t Only Ones who Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase – GOP Candidates Would Too
This post was originally published on Oxfam America’s blog, The Politics of Poverty, on October 27, 2015. Raising the minimum wage is an issue supported by voters across political ideologies – and Republican candidates have the opportunity to support workers and their families by taking a stand. As the Republicans…
Human Needs Report: Appropriations, Immigration, Sentencing Reform, and more
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 appropriations, immigration, sentencing reform, and more. See below for the full analysis and links to each section of the report. Click here for the…
The State of Poverty in Your State – Part 2
The Coalition on Human Needs released a national report, Economic Growth Leaves the Poorest Americans Behind, on September 21 based on newly released poverty data from the US Census Bureau. Following the national report, CHN has been collaborating with organizations in nearly 20 states across the country to write and…
Watch CHN’s Executive Director Testify on the Budget
UPDATE: While the hearing has passed, you can watch the archived webcast of the hearing and read Deborah’s written testimony submitted to the committee. We know action needs to be taken on the federal budget, and we have several ideas on just what that action should look like. On Wednesday,…
Congress: Stop Scaring Us
The clock is ticking. Soon after Halloween, the federal government will reach its limit on borrowing. That means the U.S. would not be able to meet all its obligations – payments to bondholders and everything government does, from Social Security checks to federal worker pay to Medicare and Medicaid bills….
Community Voices: Nutrition Advocates Share Their Stories
“The day I applied for food stamps, I also applied to attend the local community college. I spent the next 2.5 years working part time, going to school full time, and using public assistance, including food stamps and free or reduced lunches for my two daughters.” –Robin “As a result…