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Spending cash in store

Analysis

Lost SNAP Benefits Due to SJR 150 Likely Growing to at Least $350 Million

Recent news that the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) will extend the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)...

Dustin Pugel | May 18, 2022

KYians losing food assistance Reporting requirement

Analysis

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

Although substantially changed, the newest Senate version of House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous paperwork barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. HB...

Jessica Klein and Dustin Pugel | March 29, 2022

County Map Kentuckians Covered by Medicaid

Analysis

HB 7 Will Cost $255 Million from Kentucky’s Budget and Harm the State’s Economy

House Bill 7 (HB 7) would introduce many new barriers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid, resulting in tens to hundreds of thousands of fewer Kentuckians receiving...

Dustin Pugel | March 23, 2022

KYians losing food assistance Reporting requirement

Analysis

New Version of HB 7 Still Makes Food and Medical Assistance Much Harder to Get and Keep

Although substantially changed in committee last week, House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. To Kentucky’s safety...

Dustin Pugel and Jessica Klein | March 22, 2022

mother and child

Op-Ed

This Legislative Session Threatens to Lower the Quality of Life in the Commonwealth

Every year, the General Assembly proposes a host of bills ostensibly aimed at improving Kentuckians’ quality of life. Though it’s always telling to ask “whose quality of life,” this year’s...

Dustin Pugel | March 21, 2022

child care

Analysis

Who Would Lose Food Assistance Under HB 7’s New Eligibility Tripwires?

Among its many tripwires and cuts to health care and food assistance, House Bill 7 (HB 7) would get rid of a highly efficient and effective policy for getting food...

Jessica Klein | March 15, 2022

PE Coverage in KY March 2020 January 2022

Analysis

HB 7 Puts New, Costly Barriers in Front of Kentuckians Seeking Food and Medical Help

House Bill 7 (HB 7) would implement several harsh measures making it harder to get and keep food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and medical assistance through...

Dustin Pugel and Jessica Klein | March 3, 2022

lunch box

Analysis

4 Ways the Kentucky General Assembly Can Fight Hunger in the New Budget

Before the pandemic, 1 in 7 Kentuckians and 1 in 5 Kentucky kids experienced food insecurity. Yet despite deep hardship caused by COVID, relief provided by the safety net kept...

Jessica Klein | February 25, 2022

Weeks Less Than 26 Available to UI Claimants Under HB4 Rules 1990 2021

Analysis

HB 4 Would Slash Unemployment Benefits, Harming Economy and Deepening Hardship for Kentucky Workers

Working Kentuckians have faced widespread, unprecedented layoffs during the pandemic that worsened existing hardship and inequities. Despite extreme difficulty in navigating the outdated unemployment insurance (UI) system, unemployment benefits have...

Dustin Pugel | February 4, 2022

Safety Net Op Ed Jan 2022 Pull Quote

Op-Ed

In the COVID Recovery and Beyond, Kentuckians Need a Strong Safety Net

The past two years have been hard on Kentuckians. In April 2020, nearly 1 in 7 lost their job and many more Kentuckians lost hours at work or faced quarantines...

Dustin Pugel | February 1, 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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