The shrinking economic safety net and politics of the moment complicate an otherwise straightforward public health decision.
foster care
Kentucky’s Budget Shrank. These Informal Foster Parents Were Left With Nothing
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For many people raising abused or neglected children they’re related to, whether the state offers them financial help depends entirely on what year they happened to take the children in.
Muncie McNamara, Former Head of Kentucky Unemployment Office, Dead at 39
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McNamara took over the unemployment office when it had been depleted and left unprepared for the crush of claims to come.
COVID and the Unemployment Insurance Crisis
Bill To Forgive Some Unemployment Overpayment Debt Clears House
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House Bill 468 would allow the Labor Cabinet to waive overpayment debt if the debt wasn’t the fault of the recipient or if collecting the debt would be “contrary to equity and good conscience.”
COVID and the Unemployment Insurance Crisis
In Ky. Unemployment Office, 400,000 Unread Emails And Payment Troubles
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The state auditor said his findings “should be deeply concerning to taxpayers and those who have filed for UI benefits.”
Government
How Many Ky. Children In Kinship Care? The State Still Can’t Say
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A 2019 law requires that the state keep track of how many children are living outside the custody of their parents, but data still isn’t available.
Government
Auditor: We Don’t Know How Much Kentucky Owes In Unemployment Benefits
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KyCIR has documented the unemployment office’s hurried steps to make payments quickly as the pandemic shut down businesses in the spring.
Top Story
Despite Millions In Public Money, Eastern Ky. Industrial Parks Still Largely Vacant
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Industrial parks sit nearly empty in counties spanning eastern Kentucky, the multi-million-dollar consequences of hollow promises to revive the region’s economy.
Coronavirus
How Kentucky Missed Out On A $90 Million Unemployment Upgrade
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The federal government set aside $7 billion in 2009 to modernize the nation’s unemployment systems. Kentucky left its portion on the table.
Substitute Teachers Given Unemployment Now Face Overpayment Debt
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Education professionals can’t claim unemployment during the summer break that started in Louisville on May 31, a caveat the state doesn’t appear to have made clear when it extended benefits to substitute teachers. Subs who continued to file for unemployment after summer break began are now expected to repay anything the state paid in error.
Government
Legislators To File Bill Preventing Unemployment ‘Overpayment Debt’
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“These people don’t have that money. They paid for groceries, they used the money,” Sen. Nemes said. “That’s what unemployment is for. When you are unemployed you get your unemployment insurance and you pay your bills so you can get back to work.”