Tell the President No Tax Breaks to Wealthy Corporations Without Investments in Children and Families

From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Before the New Year, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that increased funding for many human needs programs. But a glaring omission was the lack of the expanded Child Tax Credit. We’re … Continued

Low-Income Families Feel the Strain without Monthly Child Tax Credits

Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-02-15/budget-policy-and-priorities/low-income-families-feel-the-strain-without-monthly-child-tax-credits/a77874-1 February 15, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window By Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine. Broadcast version by Emily Scott for Keystone State News Connection reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News … Continued

Report: PA Families Need National Support in Pandemic Recovery

Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-06-21/childrens/report-pa-families-need-national-support-in-pandemic-recovery/a74715-1 June 21, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window PHILADELPHIA — Families with children in Pennsylvania and beyond were hit hard during the pandemic, and returning to pre-COVID levels of support could … Continued

Pennsylvania Poverty Snapshot: 1.5 Million People Remain in Poverty, with 3.5 Million Near Poor

From the Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians (https://www.papovertycoalition.org/p/welcome.html): Many working families struggle to make ends meet, while threats to SNAP, housing and Medicaid could increase hardship While poverty declined in Pennsylvania from 12.9 percent in 2016 to 12.5 percent last … Continued

Resources from Around the Coalition: 2017 Census Poverty Data

Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/20/resources-around-coalition-2017-census-poverty-data/#.W6TzwntKgdU By CHN September 20, 2018 Editor’s note: The following blog post was written by Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern. On Wednesday, September 12 and Thursday, September 13, the U.S. Census Bureau released the latest national, state, and local … Continued

Child Benefit Would Cut U.S. Child Poverty by More Than Half

Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/05/29/canadian-style-child-benefit-would-cut-u-s-child-poverty-by-more-than-half/#.WxVqGe4vwdU By Center on Budget and Policy Priorities May 29, 2018 Editor’s note: This piece was written by Arloc Sherman, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). It was originally published on CBPP’s blog, Off the Charts, on … Continued