Final State Budget Should Do More for Child Care to Protect Families and Jobs
The recently released Senate budget proposal includes $39 million in new spending on child care in 2025 and $50 million...
Economic Security
The Care Crunch: Survey Shows Kentucky Families Are Struggling to Afford Child Care
Kentucky parents with kids in child care are cutting back on essential family needs delaying major purchases, going into debt, switching jobs to accommodate child care, dipping into savings and...
Four Bills the General Assembly Is Moving That Would Benefit Kentucky Children and Families
Kentucky’s kids and their families’ health and economic well-being would benefit greatly from several bills making their way through the General Assembly right now. These proposals would improve maternal health,...
The Two Ways HB 367 Would Take Food Assistance Away from Many, Including Kids and Seniors
House Bill (HB) 367 would make significant cuts to food assistance in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in two separate ways. It would end the state’s ability to have...
Care at the Cliff: Kentucky’s Child Care Providers Plan Tuition Hikes, Wage Cuts and Closures Unless State Steps In With Substantial Investment
In a new survey of Kentucky child care providers, more than a quarter said closing their center is the likeliest or next-to-most likely action they’ll be forced to take if...
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 continued decline in this vital sector. Child care centers used...
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...