Tracking SNAP in Kentucky
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of assistance that helps put food on the table for...
Economic Security
Coalition Letter to Governor Beshear: Continue Critical Commitment to Federal Unemployment Benefits
Dear Governor Beshear, Thank you for your efforts and decisions to protect Kentuckians from economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are writing as a coalition of organizations representing Kentucky...
Expanded Unemployment Benefits are a Crucial Bridge for Kentuckians and Our Economy
As a coalition of organizations representing Kentucky workers, families and communities, we urge state lawmakers to protect expanded pandemic unemployment benefits until the federally funded program ends in early September....
Federal Food Assistance Will Help Feed Nearly 7 in 10 Kentucky Kids This Summer — We Should Make It Permanent
Child food insecurity, with its harmful short- and long-term consequences, typically increases during summer as kids are unable to eat meals at school. This summer, as pandemic-related hardships are still...
Summer Turns Up the Heat for Struggling Kentuckians, But This Year, Some Relief Is Within Reach
Summer is here in Kentucky. Temperatures are rising, and the school year is wrapping up for kids, parents and teachers across the state. For financially secure Kentuckians, the arrival of...
Chocolates and Flowers Are Nice, But Better Policies Are What’s Needed This Mother’s Day
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, this Mother’s Day is a critical time to acknowledge the harms of the pandemic on women in Kentucky — particularly women of...
State Should Focus Remaining American Rescue Plan Fiscal Relief on Kentuckians’ Greatest Needs
Among the aid that Kentucky state government will receive from the American Rescue Plan is $2.183 billion through the legislation’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. The General Assembly appropriated...
American Families and Jobs Plans Would Provide Opportunity to All Kentucky Families
In his April 28 address to a Joint Session of Congress, President Biden announced details of his administration’s American Families Plan. Here in Kentucky, this plan, together with the American...
The 2021 Legislative Session Wrap Up: Steps Forward and Backward for Kentuckians’ Opportunities to be Healthy
When Kentucky’s legislature gathers each year, the decisions they make either improve health in Kentucky or worsen it — and not just through legislation related specifically to health care. Kentuckians’...
How the American Rescue Plan Helps Kentuckians
The American Rescue Plan provides relief to Kentuckians facing the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. Through stimulus payments, boosted food, health and housing assistance and more, the plan is...