Mark your 📆 for these #CensusData releases! ✅ Sept. 10: Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Coverage statistics from the 2023 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement ✅ Sept. 12: #AmericanCommunitySurvey 2023 1-year estimates census.gov/newsroom/press…

For those interested in #Project2025 (we all should be -- a playbook for what we could see ahead), great resource from Brendan Duke at Coalition on Human Needs member American Progress BTW my colleague David has a piece on #Project2025 & education: chn.org/voices/project… Lily Klam First Focus on Children

“Rapacious lenders have been endlessly creative in disguising the high cost of payday advances. The consumerfinance.gov is right to expose 300% APR loans ... to prevent workers from being gouged,” said Deborah Weinstein Coalition on Human Needs #LaborDay #ProtectConsumers nclc.org/160-groups-urg…

NEW: 'Low-Wage 100' firms blew $522B on CEO pay-inflating stock buybacks over the past 5 yrs. This siphons $$$ from worker pay and long-term investment—and it's deeply unpopular among voters of all political stripes. Institute for Policy Studies REPORT by Sarah Anderson: ips-dc.org/report-executi…

160+ Groups Urge Clear Fee Disclosures for Paycheck Advance Apps in Letter to the consumerfinance.gov “This CFPB proposal affirms what is commonsense: paycheck advance apps are loans that are subject to federal lending laws” #StopTheDebtTrap #ProtectConsumers #LaborDay responsiblelending.org/media/160-grou…

“Rapacious lenders have been endlessly creative in disguising the high cost of payday advances. The consumerfinance.gov is right to expose 300% APR loans, no matter what they’re called, to prevent workers from being gouged,” said Deborah Weinstein Coalition on Human Needs #LaborDay #ProtectConsumers

Increases in homelessness among several groups of color have outpaced the national average – and require targeted solutions to solve. The State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition provides data and analysis on these disparities: buff.ly/3y4LZrD

Punchbowl News Since Punchbowl reports the House will vote on a spending package with the #SAVEAct attached, sharing this letter from this summer that Coalition on Human Needs and many others signed: Civil Rights Groups Letter in Opposition to SAVE Act civilrights.org/resource/civil… via The Leadership Conference

Great piece on the #ChildTaxCredit featuring David from Coalition on Human Needs member RESULTS, longtime advocate friend Maxine of Indy Hunger Network, and Andrew Bradley of Prosperity Indiana

Project 2025 & House Republican policy agendas share common threads: drive up poverty & # of people without health coverage, disinvest in people, communities & the economy overall, & double down on tax cuts for wealthy & large corporations. See new CBPP analysis ⬇️

People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by the national housing shortage, facing additional hurdles like limited accessible housing and skyrocketing rent. tinyurl.com/2ftjnpya

Child poverty plummeted in 2021 thanks to the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), but it surged back in 2022 when Congress let the expansion expire. We can't let this happen again. It's time to prioritize an equitable tax code in 2025. clasp.org/blog/anticipat…

#SchoolMeals fuel student health and learning. As the school year begins & students go #backtoschool, tell your members of Congress we need #schoolmeals4all! freeschoolmealsforall.org

📣USDA research reveals 47.4M ppl in U.S lived in households that struggled to put food on the table in 2023. Investments in federal nutrition programs like SNAP and #schoolmeals4all are needed now. Hungry people can’t wait. Read @FRACtweets statement: frac.org/news/usdafoods…

Join Food Research & Action Center all day for a #BackToSchool day celebrating the role of #schoolmeals and afterschool meals in fueling children’s health and learning. Tag & tell us why you are raising your hand for #schoolmeals4all! Check out our menu of activities.⬇️ frac.org/back-to-school

No one should face their darkest moments alone. 💙 If you or someone you know is feeling helpless, hopeless, or in mental health crisis, call or text 988 in the U.S. for an immediate connection to the Suicide Prevention Hotline. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

.U.S. Census Bureau drops data TODAY!! Stay tuned for "First Look" table from CHN.

NEW: U.S. Census Bureau annual poverty and health data: census.gov/newsroom/press…, including the SPM data that shows that refundable tax credits (#EITC + #ChildTaxCredit) lifted 6.4 mil above the poverty line -- CTC 2.4 mil alone -- while SNAP 3.4mil & housing 2.8 mil Coalition on Human Needs

The Census Bureau has released nationwide figures for poverty, income, and health insurance coverage in 2023 from its Current Population Survey — Stay tuned for live updates and deep dives into what the numbers reveal! #CensusDataDay cbpp.org/blog/analyzing…

Americans need a better tax code to help families and to strengthen communities | Opinion pennlive.com/opinion/2024/0… via Amy Hanauer ITEP (proud the are a Coalition on Human Needs member!) #ChildTaxCredit