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Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of assistance that helps put food on the table for...

Jessica Klein | September 15, 2023

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A Child Care Apocalypse Is Coming

High quality, affordable child care is essential for kids to learn, parents to work and the economy to prosper. But for years, families have struggled to find and afford care,...

Dustin Pugel | July 3, 2023

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Analysis

13,000 Older Kentuckians Face Increased Hunger After SNAP Changes in Debt Deal

With the nation's second highest rate of food insecurity among people in their 50s, Kentucky will be hit especially hard by cuts in food assistance for older Americans included in...

Jessica Klein | June 9, 2023

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Op-Ed

Don’t Hold Our Best Tool for Fighting Hunger as a Political Hostage

For the last three years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has helped stave off hunger and mitigate the rise in food prices during several waves of international crises. SNAP...

Jessica Klein | May 26, 2023

Kentucky workers deserve a raise

Analysis

More Than 17,000 Kentuckians Could Lose Food Aid With Return of SNAP Work Reporting Requirements

An estimated 17,300 Kentuckians will soon be at risk of losing much-needed grocery money due to newly reinstated requirements that tie food aid to reporting employment hours. Unless these Kentuckians...

Jessica Klein | May 15, 2023

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5 Policy Changes Kentucky Moms Deserve this Mother’s Day

The last year has not been kind to Kentucky mothers, who’ve endured the loss of their reproductive rights, defended their children from vicious attacks on their identity and, like all...

Staff | May 12, 2023

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Eroding Kentucky’s Largest Revenue Source Will Bring a Painful Reckoning

The next time the Kentucky state legislature meets, barring a special session, will be early next year when it takes on its most important job: passing a budget. The state...

Jason Bailey | April 26, 2023

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Kentucky’s Basic Cash Assistance Program Just Got a Much-Needed Update

Kentucky’s basic cash assistance program for families with young children was recently overhauled to make long-overdue and badly needed improvements benefitting children and families across the commonwealth. These changes in...

Dustin Pugel | April 25, 2023

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Analysis

How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help

February 2023 is the last month many low-income food assistance recipients across the country will get additional help buying groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Kentucky that aid ended...

Dustin Pugel | February 1, 2023

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Op-Ed

SNAP Is a Vital Tool for Fighting Hunger That Should Be Strengthened, Not Attacked

This Thanksgiving, many Kentuckians will show gratitude for their good fortune by serving meals to hungry neighbors, donating food to those whose cupboards are bare and contributing money to worthy...

Jessica Klein | December 2, 2022

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Economic Security News

1 New Census Data Suggests Power of Federal Pandemic Aid for Kentuckians

Kentucky Rate of Uninsured Improved After Special Pandemic Era Protections2

2 How Inflation Is Impacting Common Grocery Prices in Kentucky

3 “We Keep Getting Hit:” Flooded Kentucky Grows Weary After Another Natural Disaster

4 Diaper and Menstrual Product Taxes Worsen Inequity. Some Council Members Want to Pressure the State to End Them

5 House Bill 4: Changes to Unemployment Insurance Go Into Effect in 2023

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