Child Care Workers’ Pay Is Not Enough
Child care plays a critical role for ensuring families can work and helping children get a healthy start to their...
Economic Security
New Report Shows Kentucky Child Care Assistance Continues to Fall Short
Kentucky’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) has one of the lowest income eligibility thresholds and has among the highest co-pays for parents among state child care subsidy programs, according to...
Report Shows Quality Childcare is Out of Reach for Kentucky Families
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows child care is a heavy burden on Kentucky families’ pocketbooks, reiterating the need for more child care assistance in the...
Eastern Kentucky the Big Winner in Insurance Gains, but Rise in Poverty Shows Work to Be Done
New Census data released yesterday showed Kentucky led the nation in its drop in the share of people who are uninsured. More detailed Census data released today shows it’s in...
Restricted Access to Unemployment Benefits Played Role in Paying Back Loan
Kentucky got the good news it has now paid off its $972 million loan from the federal government after the state's unemployment insurance program fell into the red during the...
Yes, the Minimum Wage Helps Fight Poverty
In testimony yesterday to the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council on raising the local minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, a University of Kentucky economics professor argued against a wage...
Visual: Who Benefits from Lexington Raising the Minimum Wage?
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council is considering an incremental minimum wage increase to $10.10 per hour for its workers over the next three years. Lexington would be the second city in...
The Safety Net Is Effective at Fighting Poverty in Kentucky, Should Be Protected
More than 800,000 Kentuckians are lifted out of poverty each year by safety net programs including Social Security, SNAP (formerly food stamps) and low-income tax credits for working families according...
Working Family Tax Credits Support Kentucky Moms and Kids
Mother’s Day is a fitting time to celebrate the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), two working family programs that help 296,000 Kentucky mothers make ends...
Minority Working Families in Kentucky Far Behind Economically
A new report highlights a sharp racial/ethnic divide among working families in Kentucky. While the majority of low-income working families in the state are white, 52 percent of minority working...