Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog examines how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping Americans two years after its passage. And we track the rise in hunger in the U.S. just before Thanksgiving. Finally, we report on an effort that saw 260 local, state, and national groups sign a letter urging Congress to keep goverrnmet running while protecting human needs. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Two years in, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making a difference
November 15
After her husband passed from Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2019, Kim Guess suddenly became a single mom who needed to support her family. The Kalamazoo, Michigan resident launched a dance group fitness studio named Guess Who’s Dancing. Later, she became the part-owner of downtown Kalamazoo’s first Black-owned event venue space, the Xperience. But there is a problem. The roads surrounding her business are among the city’s top 25 most dangerous roads. They are all one-way, unsafe for pedestrians, dangerous at night due to a lack of streetlights, and difficult for her customers to navigate their way to Kim’s business. READ MORE »
Just before Thanksgiving, 13.2 million people with children in the U.S. did not have enough to eat
November 17
Thanksgiving will not be a time of plenty in millions of American households with children this year. The number of people with children who reported that in the previous week their households sometimes or often did not have enough to eat rose by 2 million, from 11.2 million to 13.2 million over the past year. In survey periods covering September 20 – October 30 of 2023, close to 16 percent of people with children said they did not have enough food, up from nearly 14 percent who responded during the periods covering October 5 through November 14, 2022. READ MORE
Update: 260 groups tell Congress: Keep government running and protect human needs
November 13
The Coalition on Human Needs asked local, state, and national groups to sign a letter asking Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government open and running beyond Friday, November 17. If Congress fails to act by midnight next Friday, we will face a government shutdown. The deadline for signing is noon ET Monday, November 13. READ MORE »
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