COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS for COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS
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What was lobbied
16 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Economics/Economic Development ECN
CHN supports expanding full access to all workforce development programs and services authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the National Apprenticeship Act to undocumented immigrant workers and reaffirming access for DACA recipients, TPS recipients, and all other new Americans. CHN supports greater alignment of workforce development, postsecondary, and human services programs, including child care assistance, to create pathways to marketable postsecondary credentials and economic security for adults with low incomes and opportunity youth. CHN supports the development of one or more official measures of the income needed to reach a decent living standard that provides for the maintenance of health and social well-being, childrens care and development, and social participation, and that is substantially above both the supplemental poverty line and the outmoded official poverty line.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON | — |
Agriculture AGR
CHN supports protecting and strengthening SNAP and other nutrition programs in the Farm Bill. CHN opposes provisions outsourcing administrative functions currently required to be performed by public sector merit employees in the Farm Bill. CHN supports increased appropriations for WIC, TEFAP, and other nutrition programs.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
CHN supports protecting programs in the budget critical to low-income and vulnerable people. CHN supports a significant increase in funding for non-defense discretionary programs in Budget and Appropriations Bills. CHN supports cutting funding for wasteful spending in defense discretionary programs in Budget and Appropriations Bills. CHN opposes the inclusion of "poison pill riders" on appropriations bills. CHN opposes the creation of a Fiscal Commission, which could lead to cuts to human needs programs.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
The Coalition on Human Needs supports all workers freedom to form unions and to bargain collectively, including legislation to provide all public employees with the right to organize; to collectively bargain over wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment; and to access dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation and arbitration. CHN supports the implementation of policies at the federal, state and local levels that support reentry - including policies to make reentry programs more accessible for people with disabilities - and remove harmful barriers to basic necessities such as employment, housing, education and training, and income and nutrition assistance, including repeal of the lifetime bans in SNAP, TANF, and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for people with felony drug convictions. CHN supports increased funding for civil legal services programs (as described in Access to Justice) that play a critical role in helping people with records navigate barriers to employment and critical reentry supports. CHN supports legislation to reauthorize and provide robust funding for the Second Chance Act. CHN supports ensuring that all eligible citizens can freely exercise their right to vote and have their vote counted. CHN supports protecting voting rights. The Coalition on Human Needs supports enhancing data on young children, including improving the quality of data on young children in the decennial census, which has substantially undercounted young children, and in annual population estimates derived from these data. CHN supports adequate funding for the Census Bureau (including for important surveys on economic security and hardship such as the Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation) and for the presently underfunded Bureau of Labor Statistics. CHN supports additional funding to modernize surveys to address growing problems such as non-response. CHN supports including questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in surveys and record systems in consultation with federal statistical experts and external stakeholders working to address the needs of overlooked communities. CHN supports the expeditious implementation of the Office of Management and Budgets revisions to 2024 Statistical Policy Directive 15 for reporting race in combination with Hispanic origin, including a category for people with origins in the Middle East or North Africa, and mandatory detailed data (disaggregated data) across all federal agencies, including in administrative records datasets, including the 2030 Census. CHN supports careful analysis of the accuracy of the 2020 Census, with special attention to better understanding the undercounts of children, communities of color, immigrants, and low-income communities. Efforts should be made to derive and apply lessons from the 2020 Census to mitigate or eliminate any such undercounts in 2030 and to ensure that funding distributions intended to serve low-income communities are not jeopardized by inaccurate census data. CHN supports the development of one or more official measures of the income needed to reach a decent living standard that provides for the maintenance of health and social well-being, childrens care and development, and social participation, and that is substantially above both the supplemental poverty line and the outmoded official poverty line. These measures should be designed with input from Congress and the public, including those with lived experiences of financial hardship, and guidance from the National Academy of Sciences Committee on National Statistics. Any new measure should be tied to 21st-century living standards in line with measures used in other wealthy countries. Moreover, any effort to account for geographic variations in the cost of living should account for child care, housing, utility, and transportation costs. CHN supports monthly or quarterly updating of poverty statistics in order to better track the changing needs of families and individuals. CHN opposes political interference in the inherently apolitical work of statistical agencies. CHN opposes asking about citizenship status on the decennial census questionnaire given that this question would lead to a decrease in response rates and accuracy.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | — |
Defense DEF
CHN supports requiring the Pentagon to perform a comprehensive audit. CHN supports cutting wasteful and counterproductive spending in the Pentagon. CHN supports efforts to repeal the requirement that the Department of Defense produce a supplemental budget request (the unfunded priorities list). CHN supports The People Over the Pentagon Act, which would reduce the amount appropriated for the Department of Defense by $100B.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Immigration IMM
The Coalition on Human Needs supports legislative solutions for our nations broken, outdated immigration laws, including access to a clear, accessible and affordable path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S. CHN supports permanent protections for undocumented youth and those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), many of whom have lived in the U.S. for decades. CHN supports the U.S. commitment to welcoming refugees who are fleeing persecution and imminent danger as a reflection of our moral and national values, including refugee resettlement and asylum access at U.S. borders and ports. CHN supports cuts to funding for enforcement, detention and surveillance mechanisms of the Department of Homeland Security to mitigate harmful and abusive enforcement practices, detention expansion and militarization of the southern border. CHN supports an increase in federal funds for legal services for immigrants facing removal and community-based services and support for immigrants, including respite and shelter for new arrivals and case management support for longer term residents who need them. CHN supports Congress providing access to supports that will help immigrants integrate into the fabric of our communities. This should include policies that harness the skills of immigrant workers and allow them to develop their full potential, including expanding immigrants access to adult education and workforce development programs, English language acquisition programs, and dual generation programs, as well as access to essential documents such as drivers licenses. CHN supports robust enforcement of civil rights protections for immigrants, ensuring no one is discriminated against because of their immigration status or nation of origin. This includes ensuring that people with limited English proficiency are able to fully access federally run and funded programs without barriers. CHN supports policies that lift immigrant families out of poverty and promote economic security. CHN supports equal access, regardless of immigration status, to safety net programs, refundable tax credits, public services and economic supports that meet basic human needs, including health services and insurance, education, employment benefits, nutrition assistance, and income supplements. CHN supports immigrants full access to public health programs, including testing and vaccines for viruses like COVID-19. CHN supports full labor and civil rights protections for immigrant workers, regardless of immigration status. CHN supports the continuation and strengthening of federal policies by both immigration and labor law enforcement agencies that prevent unscrupulous employers from exploiting immigration status to deter employees from asserting their rights on the job. CHN supports policies that build trust between local law enforcement and all community members to ensure public safety. Separating local policing from federal immigration enforcement promotes the safety of the whole community. Forcing local law enforcement to enforce or cooperate with federal immigration law does not make communities any safer and inhibits victims and witnesses of crimes from coming forward as they fear retribution or separation from their families. The Coalition on Human Needs opposes massive enforcement and deportation initiatives that will tear apart immigrant families and communities. CHN opposes any increases to funding for a border wall, detention, or other enforcement and surveillance resources for the Department of Homeland Security. CHN opposes the detention of immigrants and urges instead the use of community-based non-carceral alternatives to detention. CHN opposes threats to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to Temporary Protected Status (TPS). DACA is protecting over 535,000 young immigrants from deportation who have made important contributions to their communities and the economy. TPS designations currently provide humanitarian protection to more than 850,000 individuals - many of whom have lived in the U.S. for decades and sometimes in the same households as DACA recipients. CHN opposes bans on entry to the United States on the basis of religion or national origin such as the Muslim and African Bans enacted during the first Trump administration. CHN opposes threats to our family-based immigration system. Family unity must serve as one of the core tenets of the United States immigration system. CHN opposes policies that divide families, including separating children from parents and other actions that have a divisive or harmful effect on immigrant communities and that foster restricted access to services for eligible beneficiaries or indirect intimidation where people are forced to forego basic needs. CHN opposes changes to the "public charge" policy that would create a de facto wealth test for immigrating to the U.S. and obtaining lawful permanent residency and would deter immigrants and their family members from enrolling in and utilizing health coverage, public services and economic supports that meet basic human needs. CHN opposes restricting the availability of coverage and care for immigrants, unnecessary documentation requirements, and any other barriers to health care for immigrants - including LGBTQ+ immigrants - and their families. CHN opposes questioning hospital patients about their immigration status, which makes families afraid of accessing health care and forces health care providers to abandon their ethical duties to put patients first. CHN opposes immigration enforcement actions conducted at health care facilities, schools, faith institutions, social service sites, community centers, courts, and any other location that individuals should be able to access without fear. CHN opposes the collection and use of data for purposes outside of their originally intended purpose to target immigrants (for example, an immigrants data collected for a specific non-law enforcement purpose being shared with law enforcement). CHN opposes the application of Title 42 or other bans to entry or asylum based on manner of entry or manner of transit to the United States. Such denials are contrary to U.S. and international law, create disorder at the southern border, and result in refugees being summarily returned to harm or forced to wait in Mexico, where they are in grave danger of violent crime. CHN opposes Remain in Mexico, Asylum Cooperative Agreements, and other similar programs that offshore the United States asylum obligations to other countries and leave asylum seekers in danger. CHN opposes immigration policies and practices that disparately harm Black and Brown immigrants, people seeking asylum, and immigrants living in poverty.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
The Coalition on Human Needs supports an increase in the federal minimum wage to $17/hour for all workers indexed to average wage growth so that it cannot erode due to Congressional neglect. All sub-minimum wages should be gradually eliminated - those for workers with disabilities, youth and student workers. Furthermore, the tipped minimum wage should be eliminated, establishing one robust minimum wage for all workers. CHN supports policies and adequate funding to enforce workplace protections such as the right to no less than the minimum wage, healthy and safe workplaces that are free from harassment of any kind, equal opportunity, equal treatment, and equal pay. CHN supports restoring vitality to the federal overtime law by defending and finalizing a new regulation with an increased salary threshold that automatically updates periodically to prevent stagnation. Congress should also pass legislation raising the salary threshold to approximately $85,000, index the threshold to inflation, and reform the duties test mandating that workers must spend a majority of their time doing exempt work in order to be exempt from the overtime requirement. CHN supports requiring the payment of prevailing wages in federal contracting. CHN supports federal legislation to improve gender pay equity and enforcement of equal pay laws. CHN supports legislation to create fair job schedules, including proposed laws that would give workers the right to ask for a change in their schedule without fear of retaliation; to receive sufficient advance notice of their job schedules; to receive a minimum number of hours of work per week; to receive reporting pay if sent home from work early; to receive compensation if required to be on-call or scheduled for a call-in shift; and (for part-time workers) to receive access to available hours prior to the hiring of additional part-time workers. CHN supports legislation to create equitable access to benefits and pay for part-time workers. CHN supports executive actions that advance the equal pay and non-discrimination policies set out above and apply high-road requirements to the federal contracting workforce. CHN supports vigorous and robust strategic enforcement of wage and hour laws and federal contracting requirements related to equal pay and fair wages. CHN supports improving the economic and social well-being of workers and their families by empowering workers to form and join unions. Unions are one of the best vehicles for improving workers and their families economic resources and the reduction in union membership has hurt workers, fed income inequality, and lead to widespread wage stagnation. Our labor laws need to be strengthened to prevent irresponsible employers from intimidating pro-union employees. CHN supports the freedom to form unions and negotiate free from fear, intimidation, and interference. (See Fairness in the Workplace section.) The Coalition on Human Needs opposes any legislation that would undermine or erode existing state and local labor standards, such as laws that fully preempt any attempts to improve workplace standards.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
CHN supports an increase in revenues from fair and progressive sources. CHN supports expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit including expanded eligibility to those 19 and older and increased the value of the credit for workers who are not custodial parents. CHN supports expanding the Child Tax Credit to make the credit fully refundable and increases the value of the credit, while restoring access to families who file with ITINs. CHN supports reversing tax breaks to corporations and wealthy individuals in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, 2017, and other changes to increase revenue and make the tax code more progressive. Those changes on the corporate side include raising the corporate tax rate to 28%; imposing a minimum tax rate on corporate offshore profits and profits reported to investors; ending tax breaks for fossil fuel production; ending deductions for offshoring jobs and credit expenses; and eliminating tax break for shifting intellectual property offshore. Changes on the individual side include returning the top rate to 39.6%; taxing capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income; and ending stepped-up basis for estates. CHN supports an increase in funding for the IRS to strengthen its capacity to collect taxes. CHN supports calls for a financial transaction tax. CHN supports full funding of the IRS, including the agencys annual base funding and mandatory funding provided to the IRS by the Inflation Reduction Act, so that the agency has adequate funding to better provide customer service to taxpayers as well as to strengthen and increase enforcement activities, especially focusing on taxpayers or corporations avoiding or evading large dollar amounts. This includes investment in and continuation of the Direct File Program. CHN opposes any additional rescissions of IRS funding.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Education EDU
CHN supports fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as well as fully funding ESEAs Title I program to support underserved students. The Coalition on Human Needs supports the reauthorization passage of legislation that provides funding and policy mechanisms to achieve an ambitious, transformative overhaul of existing systems to achieve child care and early learning for all. Such legislation would fairly compensate the educators doing this essential work, provide high-quality care for all children, and make early education and care affordable and accessible for all families. CHN supports substantial dedicated funding to stabilize the child care sector, which should be sufficient to ensure providers can recruit and retain staff and that parents can afford care. CHN supports substantially increasing funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant and increased funding for early childhood programs including Early Head Start, Head Start, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Infants and Toddlers and Preschool Programs, and other programs that give young children what they need to thrive as a downpayment on the transformative vision to build a comprehensive child care and early learning system for all. CHN opposes the proposed elimination of the Department of Education and other attacks on the administrative state. This would take away taxpayer dollars from public schools, where 90% of students - and 95% of students with disabilities - learn, and give them to unaccountable and discriminatory private schools. CHN supports safeguarding civil rights protections for students and educators, specifically as they relate to Title IX, Title VI, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Act. CHN supports investments in afterschool and summer programs to help prevent children from losing important educational gains while away from school and to enable parents to work.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Health Issues HCR
CHN supports improvements and expansions in mandatory programs such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Affordable Care Act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and child nutrition services, unemployment insurance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and child welfare and family support programs. These programs provide essential services, with special attention to the needs of people with low incomes, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities. CHN supports improvements to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which has provided health insurance to 37 million Americans and improved coverage for millions more, while making savings in overall health care costs that have already contributed to a reduction in long-range deficit trends. This includes adopting measures that build on the ACAs success and expand access to health care and reduce costs. CHN supports maintaining increased premium supports for marketplace insurance. CHN opposes efforts to sabotage, dismantle, or undermine the ACA. CHN supports reforming drug pricing, including bipartisan reforms to lower drug prices through increased competition. CHN supports investments in public health in Congress's annual appropriations process.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Housing HOU
The Coalition on Human Needs supports providing safe, decent, affordable rental housing to low-income households, including households who are experiencing homelessness, through a full range of programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and elsewhere, to fund public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, and homelessness assistance services. CHN supports the HOME, Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program, and Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly, which bring communities needed resources to meet their range of housing needs. CHN supports robust funding for all of these through annual appropriations and dedicated funding. CHN supports providing increased funding to the National Housing Trust Fund and public housing to preserve and increase the supply of safe, decent, and accessible homes affordable to extremely low-income households. CHN supports funding of special population vouchers, such as for the Family Unification Program (FUP) and the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Program, which strengthens families by preventing or shortening foster care placements and eases the transition to adulthood for youth leaving care who are at risk of homelessness; the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers, which provide housing and supportive services to the most vulnerable veterans; and Stability Vouchers to extend and expand the goals of the Emergency Housing Voucher program, which serves people experiencing homelessness or fleeing domestic violence and promotes greater community collaboration. CHN supports voluntary supportive services and other interventions that, in addition to housing, are needed to address housing stability, including substance use and mental health counseling, healthcare, employment training, and early care and learning. CHN supports federal Housing First policies that prioritize access to affordable homes with voluntary supportive services, which evidence shows is the most effective strategy to bring an end to homelessness. CHN supports the establishment of a tax credit to help make housing affordable for renters with the lowest incomes. CHN supports the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and reforms to better serve households and communities with the greatest needs. CHN supports Rural Housing Service programs that help meet the needs of rural renters, such as the Section 515 and Section 521 programs. CHN supports tribal housing programs, such as the Indian Housing Block Grant and Indian Community Development Block Grant, and the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant to ensure Native Americans have access to safe, affordable homes on their lands. CHN supports the creation of a permanent program to provide emergency rental assistance to households at risk of housing instability and eviction, building on the successful infrastructure built during the pandemic. CHN supports efforts to affirmatively further fair housing and expand fair housing protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, presence of children, and source of income. CHN supports strong renter protections to address the power imbalance between renters and landlords. CHN supports full implementation of the Section 3 Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons obligation to provide job training, employment, and contracting opportunities for low and very low- income residents. CHN supports increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the use of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and other efforts to bring greater energy efficiency and climate resilience to federally-assisted housing properties and the homes of low-income households. CHN supports assistance to enable households with low incomes to pay their water bills, and to prevent water shutoffs and liens from water debt. CHN supports additional measures to ensure access to sustainable homeownership. The Coalition on Human Needs opposes any proposals or activities that would reduce or limit access to homes affordable and available to people with the lowest incomes, including federally assisted homes or rental assistance. CHN opposes any proposals that would weaken income targeting, increase residents rents, negatively impact housing stability, restrict immigrant families access to federal housing programs, or impose work requirements on residents or time limits on assistance.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Welfare WEL
CHN supports improvements and expansions in mandatory programs such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Affordable Care Act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and child nutrition services, unemployment insurance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and child welfare and family support programs. These programs provide essential services, with special attention to the needs of people with low incomes, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities. CHN opposes policies that give states incentives to take away income assistance from people via changes to TANF.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON New | Senior Director of Public Policy |
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM
CHN supports legislation that helps prevent child abuse and neglect and other family crises, strengthens supports for vulnerable children, youth and families at risk of entering the child welfare system, increases access to substance use disorder and mental health services and treatment for children and parents, promotes care in the most family-like settings, strengthens the capacity of the child welfare workforce to respond to the special needs of children and families, promotes permanency and post-permanency services and assists women experiencing domestic violence and their children who witness it. CHN supports the reauthorization of and full funding for the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), Title IV-B Subpart 1 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS) and the TItle IV-B Subpart 2 MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) programs. CHN supports robust implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018, to expand access to prevention services and ensure children are placed in family-based settings whenever possible. CHN supports engaging people with lived experience in the child welfare system in the policymaking process. CHN supports policies that expand the availability of high-quality trauma-informed services for children who have experienced abuse or neglect. CHN supports the protections for children in the Indian Child Welfare Act and policies that promote race equity in the child welfare system. CHN supports policies that promote placing children with kin when possible and that provide the same level of support for kin caregivers as for non-kin foster families. CHN supports efforts to expand the Guardianship Assistance Program in all states. CHN supports increased funding for recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse pool of foster parents, particularly those for special populations such as sibling groups, children and youth with special behavioral health needs, and adolescent and teen populations, and of foster parents or other specialized placements for victims of sex trafficking. CHN supports policies that improve access to high-quality legal representation for children and families involved with the child welfare system. CHN supports reauthorization and increased funding for the Court Improvement Program. CHN supports efforts to extend foster care to age 21 in all states and to increase funding for the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for successful Transition to Adulthood, including increased funding for Education and Training Vouchers. CHN supports full funding for the Violence Against Women Act, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services formula grants, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The Coalition on Human Needs opposes conversion of child welfare services and foster care entitlement funding into a state block grant. CHN opposes discrimination in the recruitment and placement of adoptive and foster parents and any practices that would harm youth who identify as LGBTQ and repealing regulations and guidance that allowed such discrimination.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON | — |
Postal POS
CHN supports access to safe and affordable bank accounts, prepaid cards, mobile payments, electronic payments, remittance services and other transaction products and services, including through public institutions like the Postal Service.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
CHN supports improvements and expansions in mandatory programs such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Affordable Care Act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and child nutrition services, unemployment insurance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and child welfare and family support programs. The Coalition on Human Needs opposes restrictive structural changes such as block grants, per capita caps or vouchers, as well as dollar cuts in critical human needs programs that would hamper their effectiveness or their ability to serve eligible families and individuals in essential entitlement programs including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), SNAP, unemployment insurance, TANF, and SSI. CHN opposes waivers that would undermine the individual entitlement to benefits. CHN supports a thorough reversal of existing waiver policies that encourage states to impose work requirements, cost sharing and other measures intended to deny benefits, in contradiction of the basic purpose of programs, and supports ensuring that waiver requests from states are only approved if they are consistent with underlying law and accompanied by effective evaluation. As millions are losing access to Medicaid and CHIP, due to the mass eligibility checks being implemented due to the end of the public health emergency, CHN supports efforts to maintain coverage.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON | — |
Telecommunications TEC
CHN supports additional funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEREDITH DODSON | — |
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