Proposed USDA Rule Would Limit Food for Kids in Kentucky, at Home and in School
In two ways, a proposed USDA rule change would leave more Kentucky children hungry. The change would make it harder...
Economic Security
SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians’ Health
Click for a PDF version of SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians' Health. Everyone knows that food is essential to well-being, but less widely understood is the power of direct food...
Report Ranks Ohio Valley High in Childhood Obesity Amid Cuts in SNAP Benefits
Report Ranks Ohio Valley High in Childhood Obesity Amid Cuts in SNAP Benefits By Mary Meehan
Tackling Poverty in America Means Grasping Reality
Tackling Poverty in America Means Grasping Reality By Sasha Abramsky
Eliminating SNAP Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility Increases Inefficiencies and Hunger for Working Families, Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
In September of 2019, KCEP submitted the following comments on a proposed federal rule change to Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. You can read a PDF version...
Many of the Quasi Employees Are Middle Age and Mid-Career
As the General Assembly considers options for pensions and quasi-governmental organizations in the special session, too often missing from the conversation are the potential harms to the 9,000 employees at...
Average Kentucky Worker’s Paycheck Not Yet Benefitting from Growing Economy
With all of the claims about how great the economy is right now, the data shows that the average Kentuckian’s wages remained flat in 2018, continuing the trend of nearly...
Average Kentucky Worker’s Paycheck Not Yet Benefitting from Growing Economy
With all of the claims about how great the economy is right now, the data shows that the average Kentuckian’s wages remained flat in 2018, continuing the trend of nearly...
New KY Law May Keep Student Loan Debtors At Work
New KY Law May Keep Student Loan Debtors At Work By Ashleigh Mills
Change to Poverty Measure Would Mean Hardship for Many Kentuckians
The Official Poverty Measure is used to determine who can get medical, food, childcare and other forms of assistance. But the federal agency responsible for setting that measure is trying...