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In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog mourns the hate and discrimination borne by Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in this time of pandemic. And we discuss how the American Rescue Plan will save the child care industry and put women back to work. We release the latest CHN Human Needs Report and unveil this week's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers glance at how the pandemic is affecting people with low incomes and other vulnerable populations. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
People of conscience must speak out and take action against hate
March 19
The Coalition on Human Needs stands with the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and with people of conscience throughout our nation in outrage and grief over the hateful killings of eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in Atlanta. READ MORE »
How the American Rescue Plan will save the child care industry and put women back to work
March 17
Almost exactly one year ago, Kate Aronoff’s child care center closed due to COVID-19. She thought it would be closed for two weeks, and then her 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter would be able to return. But then Kate and her husband, who live in the small college town of Corvallis, Oregon, learned it was closing permanently. “We started calling around to all of the child care centers in our small-ish town to see who might have space and were able to get my children enrolled in another day care. However, two weeks later, we learned that that day care was also closing permanently, which was another big blow.” READ MORE »
CHN's latest Human Needs Report: American Rescue Plan, victory for immigrants, Biden nominations, and more
March 15
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on what's in the COVID-19 relief package and who it helps, changes to anti-immigrant regulations, the status of President Biden's Cabinet, and more. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
March 19
The shot in the arm edition. More than one in five Americans have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination; that number is slowly climbing toward one in four. But it is not just tens of millions of Americans who are receiving a shot in the arm – so is our economy, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. READ MORE »
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