New Bills Would Slash Unemployment Insurance and Leave Kentuckians Stranded
New bills filed in both the Kentucky House and Senate would severely cut unemployment insurance for Kentuckians who lose their...
It’s Time to Stop Blaming the Safety Net
As decision-makers go after the very assistance that hundreds of thousands of low-income Kentuckians use to help make ends meet, the harm to families and communities deepens. Erecting barriers to...
Government Shutdown Could Leave Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians Without Food Assistance
Among the most dire effects of the government shutdown so far is the potential that benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could run out in March or April, leaving...
Warning Against Kentucky’s Barriers to Medicaid From Arkansas
Recent enrollment declines in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Kentucky and Medicaid in Arkansas due to new work-reporting requirements point to a bleak future for Kentucky’s Medicaid program,...
SNAP Puts Food on the Table
This holiday season, as Kentuckians celebrate with friends and family around the table, we must also remember the impact policy choices are having on one of the best tools we...
Reinstated SNAP Time Limit Has Led to Thousands Without Food Assistance
Since May, 10,097 Kentucky adults have lost food assistance as a result of new barriers to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation erected by the state. Beginning in February, the...
Falling Medicaid Enrollment Further Counters the Need for Cuts
Recent claims of a “shortfall” in the budget for Medicaid benefits – an unwarranted alarm based on a misrepresentation of budget numbers – are further undercut by the fact that...
Kentucky Organizations Urge Protecting Food Assistance in Farm Bill
One in seven Kentuckians has food on their table in part thanks to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP lifts 164,000 Kentuckians, including 73,000 children, out of poverty. It...
New Census Data Shows Progress on Health Insurance Coverage Has Stalled
U.S. Census data released today shows Kentucky’s historic progress in reducing the share of Kentuckians without health insurance coverage stalled out in 2017, with a statistically insignificant increase in the...
Manageable Medicaid “Shortfall” Was Created in Budget the Governor Originally Proposed
Recent testimony by Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) officials about a Medicaid “shortfall” over the next two fiscal years (just 1.3 percent of the total budget) left out...