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2006


Child Care Remains Out of Reach for Many Low-Income Families - September 26, 2006

New Analysis Shows 99 Percent of Kentuckians Saddled with New Debt Under Federal Fiscal and Tax Policy - June 29, 2006

Families Cite Multiple Barriers in Accessing Dental Care For Their Children - January 16, 2006

2005


Children and ATVs: Riding in Harm's Way - February 21, 2005

2004


New Report on Kentucky Families: Fighting Long Odds to Raise Healthy Children - December 7, 2004

Louisville Girls Deliver GIRLS COUNT Report to Metro Council - November 23, 2004

Kentucky child poverty remains a major problem; policies to support working poor families under threat - August 26, 2004

Kentucky's Young Adults Disconnected from Work, School; Kentucky Ranks 37th in Nation on Child Well-being - June 3, 2004

Child Advocates Listen to Rural Families in Kentucky:  Job loss, low wages, and teen drug use top list of concerns for families - February 26, 2004

Kentucky Youth Advocates Receives Grant for Children’s Health Fellowship: Releases Critical Report on Childcare Subsidy Freeze - February 17, 2004

2003


Poverty Kentucky - November 19, 2003

Poverty Rises, Income Falls in Kentucky: New U.S. Census Bureau Data Show - Sept. 29, 2003

An Open Letter to Governor Paul Patton - May 12, 2003

KYA Launches New Website! - May 1, 2003

Tax Day 2003: Low-Income Kentucky Families with Children will Pay More State Income Taxes than Anywhere Else - April 2003

2002


Labor Day Press Release: "Despite 1990's Economic Boom, Kentucky's Poor Worse Off" - September 2002

Op-Ed: "Without Tax Modernization, all Kentuckians Lose." - May 2002

Op-Ed: "Upgrade our Tax System, Please." - January 2002

2002 NATIONAL Kids Count Released - May 2002

2001 Kentucky Kids Count Released - January 2002

Pocket-size Summary of Governor's 2002-2004 Budget Proposal - January 2002

Fiscal Year 2002 State Budget Cuts: Round Two - January 2002

2001


Study Details Basic Cost-of-Living- The Kentucky Post - November 2001

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Kentucky: Real Budgets, Real Families - November 2001

The Basic Cost of Living In Kentucky's Counties: New Report Shows How Hard It is for Families in Kentucky to Meet Their Bare Bones Budget - November 2001

Money Matters: Fiscal Year 2002 State Budget Cuts, Round One - October 2001

KYA's Newsletter: Kids Matter, Fall 2001 - October 2001

Survey Questions Child Protection  Courier Journal - June 2001

Kentucky's National Rank Improves to 36th in Nation. - May 2001

2001 National KIDS COUNT Book is now available! - May 2001

Kentucky's Tax Burden on the Working Poor Remains Unfair! - April 2001

"WARNING SIGNS: The Current Status of Kentucky's Services to Abused and Neglected Children" - April 2001

Advocates to Preserve Medicaid to Rally in State Capitol - March 2001

KYA Releases Eleven Paths to Tax Fairness: Comprehensive Tax Reform and an Earned Income Tax Credit for Kentucky - March 2001

Kentucky's Working Poor Face Harshest Overall Tax Burden of all States - March 2001

KYA's Newsletter: Kids Matter: Winter 2001 - February 2001

Grassroots Coalition Supports Governor's Call for Overhaul of State Tax Code - January 2001

2000


2000 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book Released! - December 2000

Census Bureau releases Kentucky Child Poverty Statistics - November 2000

Election 2000: Get Informed, Get Involved, and Continue to Spark the Debate! - October 2000

KYA Releases Left Behind In Kentucky: An Examination of a Living Wage for Louisville & Lexington, Kentucky  - October 2000

KYA Reacts to Census Bureau Poverty & Income Data - September 2000

Rich Kentuckians are Getting Richer, Poor Cannot Keep Pace - September 2000

KY Fails to Join States Facilitating Self-Sufficiency for Working Poor - March 2000

2000 National KIDS COUNT Data Book Released - June 2000

Tax Bill Pre-filed - April 2000


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