The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy proposes key actions to strengthen early childhood programs. Read
Reports & Briefs
The proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has five stated purposes. Read more about what it means for West Virginia. Read
This citizen’s guide to the state budget process covers the basics of where the state gets and spends its money and how the annual budget is created, reviewed and adopted. Read
Parents have an increasingly difficult time finding child care as the state’s child care providers are hard-pressed to keep their doors open and provide the quality of care important for the developing child. Read
This report makes the case for enacting a State Earned Income Tax Credit for West Virginia. Read
This report is the first in recent years to provide such a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of workforce trends and issues in W. Va. Read
West Virginia Medicaid can improve the health of West Virginia women and infants and save dollars by providing family planning services for new mothers for 24 months beyond the birth of the baby. Read
West Virginia had the second highest percent of children with special health care needs in the nation in 2005 – 2006. Read
West Virginia can help employees save for retirement and local businesses can cut red tape while improving benefits by sponsoring a system of voluntary retirement plans. Read