Dear John,

In case you miss it, the Voices for Human Needs blog shared several timely pieces in the last week, including a few re-shares from our members:

Letter to the House of Representatives on the FY 2025 Budget Resolution
By the Coalition on Human Needs

We strongly urge members of the House of Representatives to vote NO on the FY 2025 Budget Resolution. The budget resolution specifies at least $230 billion in cuts under the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee, $880 billion in cuts under the jurisdiction of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and $330 billion from the Education and Workforce Committee. These cuts are not savings – they would impose huge costs to communities nationwide.
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You can take action by sending a message to members of Congress right now demanding they reject cuts to Medicaid and SNAP nutrition benefits in their forthcoming budget.

Census at a Crossroads: How Privacy Measures Could Undermine Vital Data on Child Poverty
By Deborah Stein

The Census Bureau is making decisions over the next few months that could permanently deprive us of state and local data on child poverty, in their efforts to protect the privacy of people who fill out the American Community Survey. Those privacy protection decisions, while crucial, risk undermining accurate child poverty data. READ MORE »

Proposals to Aid the Wealthy Come at the Expense of Health Care and Food Assistance for Millions
By Suzanne Wikle (the Center for Law and Social Policy- CLASP)

Our tax system should help families and children, not the wealthy and powerful. Tax policy can have a huge role in decreasing poverty, as we saw during the COVID-19 pandemic when the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) slashed childhood poverty in half. Congress should make these changes to the CTC permanent, not sabotaging programs like it. READ MORE »

The Dangers of Federal School Vouchers and Its Impact on Public Education
By Lily Klam (First Focus on Children)

We expect H.R. 9462, the Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024 by Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), a bill that would create a federal school voucher program and provide an opportunity for donors to avoid capital gains tax, to be reintroduced and pushed in 2025.

Vouchers defund public schools and provide financial assistance to small numbers of students at the expense of the 90% of children who attend public schools. READ MORE »

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