Economic Security

More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action

Too many college students in Kentucky returning to school in-person and online during the pandemic face challenges getting adequate food...

Analysis

Over 100,000 More Kentucky Students Can Still Claim Pandemic Grocery Money

Of the 605,770 Kentucky students eligible for the grocery money program known as Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT), 106,514, or 17.6% have yet to claim it. They have until August...

Analysis

Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians

On July 25, the extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) expired for Kentuckians receiving jobless benefits, and the pain of that lost...

Analysis

Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs

The new Senate aid proposal, known as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability and Schools (HEALS) Act, falls far short of the breadth and depth of aid needed to fight the...

Analysis

More Kentuckians are Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress Must Do More

Food insecurity – limited or uncertain access to adequate food – is rising rapidly across the nation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The last available, regionally-based analysis suggests...

Analysis

Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support

Federal stimulus payments have been critical to Kentuckians making ends meet during the COVID-19 crisis and to spurring a modest return of jobs, new data shows. But unless the U....

Analysis

Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out

Half of Kentucky adults say they or someone in their household have lost employment income since the COVID-19 crisis began, according to new Census data. The sources they’re relying on...

Analysis

With Looming Expiration of Federal Aid, 1 in 4 Renting Kentuckians Might Not Make Next Month’s Rent

According to new weekly Census data, 26.1% of all Kentuckians who rent their homes have no confidence or only slight confidence that they will be able to pay next month’s...

Analysis

Letting Enhanced Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expire in a Month Would Harm Families and Weaken Kentucky’s Economy

Since the end of March, when Kentucky began making Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) payments – the $600 per week enhancement to benefits – Kentucky has received at least $1.5 billion...

Analysis

Government Job Losses Are Already Weakening a Modest Return of Private Sector Employment

While new jobs data from May shows a small uptick in employment, Kentucky continues to struggle with unprecedented job loss. And a close look at the data shows troubling signs...

More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action

Over 100,000 More Kentucky Students Can Still Claim Pandemic Grocery Money

Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians

Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs

More Kentuckians are Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress Must Do More

Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support

Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out

With Looming Expiration of Federal Aid, 1 in 4 Renting Kentuckians Might Not Make Next Month’s Rent

Letting Enhanced Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expire in a Month Would Harm Families and Weaken Kentucky’s Economy

Government Job Losses Are Already Weakening a Modest Return of Private Sector Employment

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