CHN: Senate Passes Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
On Wednesday, in a rare act of bipartisanship, the Senate overwhelmingly passed (95-3) legislation to update the federal workforce development system. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act...
View ArticleCHN: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Signed Into Law
Legislation to update the federal workforce development system was signed into law by President Obama today. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) will replace the Workforce Investment...
View ArticleCHN: Ryan Poverty Plan Would Increase Poverty
On Thursday, July 24, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a “discussion draft” of his plan to fight poverty. In Expanding Opportunity in America, Rep. Ryan laid out six areas for...
View ArticleCBPP: TANF Research Funds Promote More Effective Human Service Programs and...
The 1996 welfare law provides $15 million each year for research and demonstration projects to expand our knowledge of effective ways to improve employment and earnings among TANF recipients and other...
View ArticleCHN: What’s in the Federal Spending Bill, or CRomnibus
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, President Obama signed the $1.1 trillion spending package passed by Congress the prior week that will fund most of the government through September 30, 2015. The exception is the...
View ArticleCAP: Report of the Commission on Inclusive Prosperity
Our report is about embracing the new economic opportunities of the 21st century by finding ways to ensure they serve the vast majority of society. We offer this report on the urgency of achieving...
View ArticleCAP: A Subsidized Jobs Program for the 21st Century – Unlocking Labor-Market...
Despite the gradual return of the unemployment rate to prerecession levels, some workers still have not benefited from the economic recovery. Even in healthy economies, high rates of joblessness remain...
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CHN: Select Departmental FY2016 Presidential Budget Request
The Coalition on Human Needs compiled information from the President’s FY16 budget request for select government departments that most directly impact low-income and other disadvantaged populations....
View ArticleEconomic Policy Institute: The Agenda to Raise America’s Pay
There is now widespread agreement across the political spectrum that wage stagnation is the country’s key economic challenge. Wages for the vast majority of American workers have stagnated or declined...
View ArticleCHN in The Hill: Since 2010, Human Needs Programs Suffer Congress’ Budget Ax
A Coalition on Human Needs analysis released last week shows that over the past six years, funding for many of our country’s most important priorities has shrunk. We need Congress to recognize that an...
View ArticleCLASP: Improving Connections to Student Aid- Helping Low-Income Students...
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View ArticleCBPP: Contrary to Rhetoric, Trump Budget Would Make It Harder for Many to...
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View ArticleFY18 Budget Season Offers Different Visions for America
It’s budget season in Congress. Below is a breakdown of the different budget proposals introduced so far and those still in the works. House and Senate GOP budgets: While President Trump released his...
View ArticleCBPP: Sectoral Skills Training Programs for Low-Income Workers Can Yield...
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View ArticleEPI: Apprenticeship Weak: Trump proposal fails to tap into apprenticeship’s...
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View ArticleUnidosUS: Democratic Senators Take the Lead in Advocating for Workers’ Safety...
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View ArticleCAP: A Subsidized Jobs Program for the 21st Century – Unlocking Labor-Market...
Despite the gradual return of the unemployment rate to prerecession levels, some workers still have not benefited from the economic recovery. Even in healthy economies, high rates of joblessness remain...
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CHN: Select Departmental FY2016 Presidential Budget Request
The Coalition on Human Needs compiled information from the President’s FY16 budget request for select government departments that most directly impact low-income and other disadvantaged populations....
View ArticleEconomic Policy Institute: The Agenda to Raise America’s Pay
There is now widespread agreement across the political spectrum that wage stagnation is the country’s key economic challenge. Wages for the vast majority of American workers have stagnated or declined...
View ArticleCHN in The Hill: Since 2010, Human Needs Programs Suffer Congress’ Budget Ax
A Coalition on Human Needs analysis released last week shows that over the past six years, funding for many of our country’s most important priorities has shrunk. We need Congress to recognize that an...
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