Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram — From an earned income tax credit to expanding afterschool programs, about 120 community leaders and social workers on Friday brainstormed proposed policies to lift West Virginians out of poverty. Read Improving access to locally grown food, expanding in-home programs for expectant parents and enhancing foster care were among the other ideas discussed…
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Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - West Virginia is expanding coverage of the Children's Health Insurance Program to include children of public employees, as allowed by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Read So far, at least seven states have benefited from allowing public employees to enroll their children in CHIP, according to a study by West Virginia…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram — From an earned income tax credit to expanding afterschool programs, about 120 community leaders and social workers on Friday brainstormed proposed policies to lift West Virginians out of poverty. Read Improving access to locally grown food, expanding in-home programs for expectant parents and enhancing foster care were among the other ideas discussed…
Charleston Gazette - Pending federal approval, children of West Virginia public employees will be eligible for health insurance coverage through the state's Children's Health Insurance Program, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday. Read CHIP, which was formerly closed to the dependents of public employees, is available to them now under a provision in the Affordable…
Charleston Gazette - West Virginia legislators from both parties say they are hopeful about the prospects of setting up a "future fund" based on oil and gas revenues, after spending Thursday in meetings in North Dakota learning how that state's legislature went about setting up a similar fund. Read Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, who…
Charleston Daily Mail - Addressing issues that are problems across West Virginia gave Wednesday's "Our Children, Our Future" workshop a broad scope of interest and attracted more than 100 activists and community leaders to the day-long workshop. Read The West Virginia Coalition for Healthy Kids and Families, the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy…
Beckley Register-Herald -From drug abuse to teen pregnancy to affordable housing, the challenges facing West Virginia communities are real. But the good news is that the talent to overcome such problems rests in those communities already, say organizers of Wednesday's West Virginia Regional Policy Workshop in Beckley. Read "West Virginians are as creative as anybody.…
West Virginia MetroNews - Seventeen state lawmakers are North Dakota bound. They'll leave Charleston Wednesday for a trip to North Dakota to learn more about that state's legacy fund. Read Senate President Jeff Kessler (D-Marshall), who will be leading the trip, has proposed a similar idea for West Virginia for the past three years. He…
The State Journal - Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, announced even more support for a future fund in West Virginia. Read Representatives from the business, labor and industry communities in West Virginia will accompany lawmakers this week on their trip to North Dakota to learn more about its legacy fund. A bi-partisan group of 17…
West Virginia Public News Service and Hampshire Review - West Virginia faces another budget gap next year, but experts say much of it could be made up by figuring out which tax breaks are not living up to their promises. Read The state expects a $300 million shortfall in 2014, and the governor has told agencies…