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Kansas Action for Children
Topeka, Kansas ·Kansas Action for Children is a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to improving the lives of Kansas children and families by providing comprehensive data, advocating for sound public policy and collaborating with lawmakers.
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Kansas Network publications
SB 436 and HB 2687- Tax Relief for Kansas Families
- February 8, 2024
- Kansas Action for Children
- John Wilson
A Universal State Child Tax Credit Would Cost around $145 Million Annually
- February 1, 2024
- Kansas Action for Children
Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest
- October 10, 2019
- Common Good Iowa
- Colin Gordon
A half-century removed from the high-tide of the civil rights movement, progress on racial equity has slowed or stalled on many fronts. Nowhere is this more starkly evident than in the […]
Kansas’ Health and Prosperity Index: 2016
A healthy Kansas economy starts with healthy Kansans. Our state enjoys many advantages when it comes to health – open space, clean air and water, and a good sense of […]
Kansas Public Education: The Foundation for Economic Growth
Kansans have long recognized that education is key to economic growth. In 1874, the Territorial Legislature took the first steps to increase school attendance by passing a compulsory school attendance […]
High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development
- December 17, 2015
- Keystone Research Center
- Stephen Herzenberg
In response to the federal Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA), most states are now in the latter stages of developing federally required plans and policies for operating their systems […]
Who Pays? The Cost of Kansas’ Tax Cuts for Local Communities
Kansas has sharply reduced state support for schools, libraries and other community services in recent years, forcing towns and cities to cut programs that Kansans depend upon or raise more […]
A “Lost Decade”: Revisiting Kansas’ past, so we can redirect its future
Claims that Kansas’ failed tax-cut experiment was justified as a response to a “lost decade” for the state’s economy aren’t borne out by what actually happened at that time. If […]
The Cost of Admission: Higher Education in Kansas
After years of declining state investment in higher education due to failed tax policy, Kansas college students incur higher debt and reduced economic prospects. In the past, college was the […]