Coalition on Human Needs
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The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) is a network of organizations that promote public policies to help "low-income and other vulnerable populations." The organization's members include civil rights, religious, labor and professional organizations. The network was formed in 1981 in reaction to President Ronald Reagan turning some federal welfare programs into block grant programs.[1]
Members
The following organizations are listed as members, as of April 1, 2010:[2]
- ACORN
- AFSCME
- Alliance for Children and Families
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- American Association of University Women
- American Friends Service Committee
- American Jewish Committee
- American Network of Community Options and Resources
- American Psychological Association
- Americans for Democratic Action
- The Arc and UCP Disability Policy Collaboration
- Association for Career and Technical Education
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Bread for the World
- Campaign for America's Future
- Campaign for Youth Justice
- Catholic Charities USA
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Community Change
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for People in Need
- Center for Women Policy Studies
- Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Defense Fund
- Church Women United
- Cities for Progress/Cities for Peace
- Citizens for Tax Justice
- Community Action Partnership
- Congressional Hunger Center
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- Corporation for Enterprise Development
- Easter Seals, Inc.
- Economic Policy Institute
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Every Child Matters Foundation
- Families USA
- Feeding America
- First Focus
- Food Research & Action Center
- Franciscan Action Network
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church
- General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
- Generations United
- Housing Assistance Council
- Human Services Coalition of Oregon
- Institute for Children and Poverty
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Joni B Goodman, Washington Representative
- Legal Momentum
- Lutheran Services in America
- Mennonite Central Committee
- National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Association for State Community Services Programs
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Center for Housing and Child Welfare
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare
- National Community Action Foundation
- National Community Reinvestment Coalition
- National Consumer Law Center
- National Council of Jewish Women
- National Council of La Raza
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
- National Disability Rights Network
- National Education Association
- National Employment Law Project
- National Head Start Association
- National Housing Trust
- National Human Services Assembly
- National Immigration Law Center
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- National Partnership for Women and Families
- National Priorities Project
- National Skills Coalition
- National WIC Association
- National Women's Law Center
- National Youth Employment Coalition
- NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
- OMB Watch
- Oregon Food Bank
- People for the American Way
- Poverty and Race Research Action Council
- Presbyterian Church USA Washington Office
- Religious Action Center
- Research Institute for Independent Living
- RESULTS
- Salvation Army, National Social Services Office
- Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- Seekers Church
- Service Employee International Union
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- United Church of Christ - Justice and Witness Ministries
- United Jewish Communities
- United Way of America
- Voices for America's Children
- Volunteers of America
- Wider Opportunities for Women
- YWCA USA
Board of Directors
The following are listed as members of the Board of Directors, as of April 1, 2010:[3]
- Ellen Teller, Chair of the Board, Food Research & Action Center
- Fran Bernstein, Secretary of the Board, AFSCME
- Steve Savner, Vice Chair of the Board, Center for Community Change
- John Irons, Treasurer of the Board, Economic Policy Institute
- Jennifer Beeson, Families USA
- William Bentley, Voices for America's Children
- Sharon Daly, Past President
- Joan Entmacher, National Women's Law Center
- Barbara Gault, Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Andrew Genszler, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Candy Hill, Catholic Charities USA
- Alan Houseman, CLASP
- Todd Jorns, United Way
- Don Mathis, Community Action Partnership
- Ellen Nissenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Khalid Pitts, Service Employees International Union
- Kathy Saile, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Randi Schmidt, YWCA of the U.S.A.
- Julie Ward, Arc and UCP Disability Policy Collaboration
- Dinah Wiley, National Immigration Law Center