Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on the Count All Kids campaign, which seeks to make sure everyone is included in the U.S. Census, in part so that human needs programs are adequately funded and reach the people they are meant to reach. And we share a roadmap for moving forward in the struggle to end child poverty -- and what we've learned along the way. Finally, we discuss the Biden Administration's efforts to end junk fees, which disproportionately harm people with low incomes. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Count All Kids
October 20
CHN helps lead Count All Kids, a campaign to improve the count of young children in census data, and also advocates to improve how the census counts other communities where many members are missed, such as communities of color. When everyone in a community is counted, the community has more political power, more funding for programs that matter for kids, and better data to manage government programs. READ MORE »
Use what we've learned to end child poverty
October 17
Child poverty more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, children and their parents are now losing health care coverage, and child care programs across the country are at heightened risk of closure — all because successful pandemic-era policies have ended or are ending. That’s the bad news, and it is devastating. Yet in thinking about how to move forward, the good news matters just as much: that the nation enacted an extraordinary package of pro-child policies in the first place. READ MORE »
People don't like to be played for suckers, and the Biden Administration is doing something about it
October 11
The Biden Administration has been engaged in a comprehensive effort to reduce or eliminate junk fees. Working in tandem with the independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission, they are either persuading or requiring banks and other corporations to stop junk fees. READ MORE »
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