Slashing Federal Programs Would Deal Another Blow to Rural Kentuckians
Rural Kentucky, and eastern Kentucky in particular, is no stranger to extraction. For a long time, coal was king in...
Economic Security
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...
Our Leaders Should Give Thanks to Food Assistance, Not Deplete It
As families across Kentucky fill their homes with food this Thanksgiving, some politicians in Frankfort and Washington may be plotting to make that task much more difficult by shrinking our...
Nearly 400,000 Kentucky Kids Received Summer Food Benefits but Program Could Help Many More
Every child deserves year-round access to nutritious food, but in Kentucky, one in five kids don’t eat enough to live a healthy life, especially in the summer months when free...
New Census Data Shows More Is Needed to Cut Poverty and Improve Incomes
New Census data for 2023 shows that pandemic-era policies made a big difference in reducing poverty and increasing health care coverage rates for children in Kentucky. But those supports have...
Every Year Kentucky Intercepts Millions in Child Support Payments Owed to Low-Income Kids and Sends Most to Washington D.C.
The state’s basic cash assistance program, the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP), provides critical support for families with young children to meet basic needs like rent, utilities, toiletries and school...
Final State Budget Should Do More for Child Care to Protect Families and Jobs
The recently released Senate budget proposal includes $39 million in new spending on child care in 2025 and $50 million in 2026. This amount is more new state spending for...
The Care Crunch: Survey Shows Kentucky Families Are Struggling to Afford Child Care
Kentucky parents with kids in child care are cutting back on essential family needs delaying major purchases, going into debt, switching jobs to accommodate child care, dipping into savings and...
Black Kentucky Workers Are More Likely To Have Been Laid Off in the Pandemic, and Less Likely To Have Been Hired Since
Black Kentuckians are experiencing job loss at a higher rate than white Kentuckians in the COVID-19 pandemic. A long history of racist policies ranging from slavery and Jim Crow to...