Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog details renewed nationwide calls for an expanded Child Tax Credit. And we unveil a disturbing new report, co-issued by the Coalition on Human Needs and other prominent human needs groups, that finds 15 million people could be dropped from the Medicaid rolls next year. Finally, we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at how the pandemic harms the most vulnerable people and communities. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Across the country, more calls for an expanded Child Tax Credit
December 16
For the past few months, Voices for Human Needs has reported on renewed efforts throughout the U.S. to urge Congress to once again expand the Child Tax Credit. As Congress rushes to complete its work before year's end, the expansion efforts have increased in volume and urgency. Over the past weeks, CHN has worked in an additional seven states with local leaders, children's advocates and frontline service providers to explain to the public the tremendous need and rationale for an expanded CTC. READ MORE »
New report: 15 million Americans could lose Medicaid in 2023. Congress must act.
December 15
A report released Thursday by prominent human needs advocacy groups warns that unless Congress takes action, 15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage after the Biden Administration ends the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The report was co-issued by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the Coalition on Human Needs, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the NAACP, the National Urban League, and UnidosUS. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
December 16
The appropriations edition. During the next few days, leaders in Congress will try to hammer out an agreement on an omnibus appropriations bill for FY 2023. We don’t yet know the total for domestic funding, or how specific programs will fare. But there is one thing we do know, and we know it emphatically. We know that for the past 12 years, human needs programs have been starved of funding – and now, Congress has an opportunity to address this. READ MORE »
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