The General Assembly Missed an Opportunity to Address Hunger in Kentucky
Hunger is worsening in Kentucky, following national trends, and yet 63,000 fewer Kentuckians are receiving food assistance due to the...
Senate Bill 257 Would Increase State Costs While Taking Food Assistance From Thousands of Kentuckians
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is Kentucky’s strongest tool in the fight against hunger and has significant benefits for health and our economy. Last year Congress passed H.R. 1,...
Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts
As introduced, the House budget (HB 500) severely cuts or freezes many parts of the state budget and underfunds essential public services, with the apparent goal of triggering more income tax cuts under the legislature’s formula. The filing of the budget...
A State Budget for an Affordable Kentucky: Preview of the 2026–2028 Budget of the Commonwealth
In the 2026 legislative session, the Kentucky General Assembly will perform its most important job — crafting a two-year state budget that funds education, health, social services and other critical...
For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning
The recently ended shutdown of the federal government demonstrated just how essential the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to over 560,000 Kentuckians. Over the last month, as the Trump...
Recent Federal Cuts Could Increase Student Hunger
Last year, 213,830 Kentucky kids didn’t get enough to eat. That’s roughly one in five of children going hungry. Inadequate nutrition has lifelong consequences for health and economic wellbeing. To...
Federal Budget and Tax Law Will Worsen Health and Hardship in Kentucky and Provide More Giveaways to the Wealthy
The passage of Congress’s major budget and tax legislation, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), sets up a frightening future in our commonwealth. The law will take health...
House Budget Plan Includes Largest Ever Cut to Federal Food Assistance
The House budget plan includes huge cuts to federal food assistance, the largest reduction ever proposed in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposed cut requires...
The Four Ways Congress Is Threatening to Cut SNAP in Kentucky
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps one in eight Kentuckians keep food on the table, with children, older adults and people with disabilities particularly benefitting from this vital program....
Tracking SNAP in Kentucky
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of assistance that helps put food on the table for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians. As of 2022, in Kentucky...