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In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on the U.S. Census Bureau's latest trove of poverty data. And we celebrate Disability Voting Rights Week. Finally, we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
CHN: Federal investments pay off and lift millions out of poverty
September 13
In 2021, families saw the benefits of federal investments in their well-being. The Child Tax Credit, improved nutrition assistance, and other benefits aimed at helping people cope with the economic dislocations of the pandemic worked to lift millions of people out of poverty. The Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which takes many federal benefits into account in calculating poverty rates, found that 9.6 million fewer people were poor because of low-income tax credits, and 8.9 million people were protected from poverty by the stimulus payments sent out. Other forms of assistance also lifted millions out of poverty, including SNAP and school lunch food aid (3.4 million) and housing subsidies (2.4 million). READ MORE »
Celebrating Disability Voting Rights Week: 'The largest minority voting bloc'
September 15
Every year, issues that directly impact people with disabilities, such as Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare are placed on the operating table, ready to be sliced up and examined. “Vote as if your life depends on it because it does,” says Justin Dart, Co-Founder of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). This statement can resonate with anyone but rings especially true for people with disabilities. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
September 16
The U.S. Census Bureau poverty data edition. This week brought us a trove of data related to the level of poverty in America. There is much good news to report, along with some bad, and along the way we have learned some important lessons about the ability of government to do good when it comes to lifting up our children and our families. READ MORE »
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