Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog details new efforts that would increase child exploitation in the workforce through erosion of the historic Fair Labor Standards Act. And we examine Babies in the Budget 2024, a new report that tracks the decline in spending on children as a share of the federal budget, Finally, we inform you of an important upcoming CHN webinar on Thursday, August 15 that could have dire implications for human needs programs. Meanwhile, if you know of colleagues, friends, family members or others who you think should subscribe to the weekly Voices blog summary, please encourage them to do so here.
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This week on the blog...
Child exploitation and Project 2025: Rewriting the Fair Labor Standards Act
August 9
Eighty-six years ago, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. It outlawed, among other things, the practice of children working in hazardous occupations. But today, violations of the FLSA, particularly involving children, are sharply on the rise. And there are those who want to take us back even farther. READ MORE »
Babies in the Budget 2024: New report finds share of spending on children continues to decline
August 8
For the third straight year, the share of federal spending on children ages 0-3 declined in fiscal year 2024. That’s according to First Focus on Children, which just released its annual report, and found that the percentage of federal dollars going to programs that wholly or partly serve young children dropped from 1.98% in FY 2021 to just 1.52% in FY 2024. READ MORE »
Mark your calendar: CHN Project 2025 Webinar Thursday, August 16
Please join the Coalition on Human Needs on Thursday, August 15, at 3:00 p.m. ET (noon, PT) to learn about the implications of Project 2025 for human needs programs.
You’ve probably heard about Project 2025 – which produced a 900+-page
compendium of extremist proposals put out by the right-wing Heritage Foundation (although the head of the project left the Heritage Foundation after Project 2025 proved intensely unpopular).
During this webinar, you’ll learn about Project 2025 proposals to limit Medicaid and other health programs and to eliminate education and early childhood programs as well as limiting access to free school meals. You’ll also learn about efforts to politicize the federal workforce and limit protections for voters and consumers and against discrimination. And very important – you’ll hear about public opinion research showing just how unpopular these proposals are, and how that can strengthen our advocacy for meeting human needs and for basic justice.
So please join us! Register here for the webinar. It will be recorded; registrants will receive the recording, slides, and other resources, so if you have a conflict during the live presentation, you can view it later on.
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