Blueprint for Kentucky's Children
FAIR DEAL FOR WORKING PARENTS
Families need fair opportunities to financially support their children.
2008 Legislative Priorities
We recommend the following legislative actions. Follow the bill links to see already filed legislation. View the fact sheets for more information. Check the Blueprint Tracker for updates, recent activity and action alerts.
Protect families from unreasonable payday lending practices
- Set a cap on the fees that check-cashing establishments can charge to process checks in order to curb excessive costs incurred by Kentucky’s low-income families.
- View the Payday Lending Fact Sheet
Provide targeted tax relief
- Implement a state-level refundable Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) that offers the approximately 350,000 low-income Kentuckians a tax credit, allowing them to keep more of their earned money for daily needs and asset building.
- House Bill 262 (Note that the EITC was removed from the bill -- it no longer provides tax relief to working families).
- House Bill 566
- House Bill 592
- View the EITC Fact Sheet
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