Kentucky Child Care Faces a $330 Million Fiscal Cliff, the General Assembly Can Help
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was a lifeline for child care in Kentucky, providing substantial resources that prevented a...
Economic Security
Union Victories Could Spark New Blue Collar Power in the Bluegrass
Is it possible that blue collar Kentucky workers could finally be reaching a turning point in the long slide in their standard of living? If so, history may credit the...
The UAW Strikes Are Working. And Now Kentuckians Are Joining In.
The United Auto Workers’ (UAW) Stand Up strikes came to Louisville last week when the 8,700 workers at the massive Ford Kentucky Truck Plant held a surprise walk out. They...
New Federal Rule Extends Free School Meals to Nearly All Kentucky Students
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to expand free breakfast and lunch to nearly every school in Kentucky through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. This means...
The Funding for Food and Formula for 120,000 Kentucky Kids and Moms Is at Risk
Vital nutrition assistance for nearly 120,000 Kentucky moms and kids remains at risk due to inadequate appropriations from Congress and the looming threat of a government shutdown. The Special Supplemental...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...