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In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog examines President Biden's proposed FY 2024 budget proposal, including an in-depth look at how it would provide substantial help in the fight against America's tragic drug epidemic. And we look at the importance of Congress protecting -- if not expanding -- child care services for workers with low incomes. 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...
President Biden's FY 2024 budget: An evidence-based investment in reversing and reducing America's drug epidemic
March 15
A 26-year-old man with severe open wounds on both legs is injecting fentanyl three days a day. A 22-year-old woman injection drug user just found out her boyfriend with whom she shares needles tested positive for HIV and hepatitis C. Two 14-year-old boys in Utah buy online what they think is Adderall; the counterfeit pills are really fentanyl and they die within hours after swallowing the pills. Americans saw 110,315 fatal drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending in March 2022 -- 294 deaths per day. READ MORE »
Congress must protect child care services. Workers cannot be in two places at once.
March 15
Every weekday during the semester, I wake up by 8 a.m. to get ready for class at my small, primarily white, liberal arts college in the wealthy Orlando suburb that is Winter Park. Once I step out of my apartment, my first destination is the on-campus café where I pick up my Chai Latte on the way to class. The young woman that works the morning shift on weekdays knows all of us students by name and always remembers my order. Despite all that she does to make my campus a welcoming environment for me, I had never considered what it was like for her as a food service worker at a private university. It wasn't until I learned of a union organizing effort among cafeteria workers that I realized the need for reform. READ MORE »
Much of Biden's federal budget proposal is what we all need
March 16
Biden’s commonsense budget proposal takes strong moves forward to level the grossly unequal economic playing field in this country. It shores up tattered programs for poor, low-income, and middle-income American families, no matter what we look like or where we live. As an expression of values, its proposals to invest in families and workers, protect Social Security and strengthen Medicare reflect the values of most of us. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
March 17
The show us your budget edition. President Budget released his budget proposal last week. Broadly speaking, it is based on four values: lowering costs for families, strengthening Social Security and Medicare, investing in America, and reducing the deficit, all made possible by ensuring that the wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations pay more of their fair share. READ MORE »
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