The Arkansas enrollment process for the ARKids health insurance program prevents children from accessing the health care they need. New policies can improve eligibility.
Keeping Our Children Hungry: South Carolina Food Stamp Program Fails to Deliver
South Carolina’s Food Stamp Program fails to provide access to food, but changing eligibility will allow families to get the food they need.
Left Alone: State Barriers Prevent Idaho Parents from Accessing Child Care Program
Working, poor families in Idaho struggle to get child care assistance through the Idaho Child Care Program (ICCP). Idaho can improve access and increase eligibility.
Access Denied: Federal Neglect Gives Rise to State Lawlessness; Families Denied Access to Medicaid, Food Stamps, CHIP, and Child Care
Families across the nation face barriers trying to access Food Stamps, Medicaid, CHIP and child care. Congress can take steps to ensure access to these important safety-net programs.
No Healthy Start in Montana: State Enrollment Process Prevents Children from Accessing CHIP and Medicaid
State enrollment process prevents children from accessing CHIP and Medicaid. This report discusses how Montana can provide greater health insurance coverage to children.
Hunger Pangs: Oregon Food Stamp Program Fails to Deliver
Oregon’s low-income families struggle to access Food Stamps. This report explains how the state can do to improve their Food Stamp Program.
Idaho’s Health Care Resources: Protecting Our Public Investments
Idaho’s non-profit hospitals are pushing families into debt and even bankruptcy while holding millions of dollars in profits. Some hospitals have converted to for-profit and have pocketed millions of community asset dollars. Idaho should take steps to ensure affordable care and protect their community assets.
Bitter Harvest: Foul Play and Poverty Wages for Idaho’s Farm Workers
Idaho discriminates against agricultural workers from being eligible for the state’s minimum wage, resulting in poverty wages. This report calls on state legislature to ensure farmworkers get paid.
Investing in Idaho’s Families, Idaho’s Future: Expanding Medicaid for Children and Working Parents
Many Idaho families do not have health insurance. By using federal funds, Idaho can expand access to Medicaid so more children and working families receive the important health coverage they need.
Empty Promises: Farm Workers Face Poverty Wages and Fraud in Idaho while Legislative Committee Offers False Hope
Idaho farmworkers have no protection under the minimum wage law and are being cheated out of wages by farm labor contractors. This report explains the need for equal protection under the state’s minimum wage law and how to ensure farmworkers receive their earned wages.