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Increasing SNAP Benefit Levels, and Removing Barriers for Immigrant and Refugee Communities, Would Improve Equity in Kentuckians’ Access to Healthy Foods

KyPolicy submitted the following comments on August 13, 2021, in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Request for Information...

Press Release

Statement: Senate Vote to Advance Federal Budget Resolution Charts Course Toward Stronger, More Equitable Future

This morning, the U.S. Senate voted to advance a budget resolution paving the way for a slate of investments with the power to improve lives, create a stronger and fairer...

Analysis

What to Know About Kentucky School Funding as Kids Head Back to School

Kids heading back to school this month will benefit from supports made possible by federal COVID relief. Against the backdrop of more than a decade of deep cuts to state...

Analysis

Federal Relief Programs Cut Poverty in Kentucky by Two-Thirds This Year

Thanks to many programs enacted through COVID-related federal relief legislation, an estimated 707,000 fewer Kentuckians are living in poverty in 2021 than they would have otherwise — a reduction of...

Analysis

Historic Surplus Leaves State in Strong Place to Begin Reinvesting in Kentucky’s Needs

Thanks to aggressive federal pandemic relief that has increased Kentuckians’ incomes and strengthened consumer spending, Kentucky’s budget is seeing large revenue surpluses that are boosting the state’s rainy day fund...

Media Mention

In Focus: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Weighs in on Commonwealth’s New School Choice Law

In Focus: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Weighs in on Commonwealth's New School Choice Law By: Mario Anderson

Op-Ed

Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Is a Landmark Victory in the Fight Against Child Poverty. Let’s Not Let It Vanish Next Year.

Last week, Kentucky families began benefitting from the most extraordinary policy change to address child poverty in many decades — payments of up to $300 per child, per month to...

Media Mention

Increasing SNAP Benefit Levels, and Removing Barriers for Immigrant and Refugee Communities, Would Improve Equity in Kentuckians’ Access to Healthy Foods

Statement: Senate Vote to Advance Federal Budget Resolution Charts Course Toward Stronger, More Equitable Future

What to Know About Kentucky School Funding as Kids Head Back to School

Federal Relief Programs Cut Poverty in Kentucky by Two-Thirds This Year

Historic Surplus Leaves State in Strong Place to Begin Reinvesting in Kentucky’s Needs

In Focus: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Weighs in on Commonwealth’s New School Choice Law

Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Is a Landmark Victory in the Fight Against Child Poverty. Let’s Not Let It Vanish Next Year.

Film, TV Studios Are Offered Incentives From States After Pandemic Shutdowns

It’ll Help With Bills and Food and Just All the Way Around. Local Mom Reacts to Receiving Child Tax Credit Payments

Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Begin Arriving for Families July 15

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