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Percent of Oklahoma child care providers that could permanently close due to COVID-19 without state financial assistance.
[Source: Center for American Progress]
The increase nationally in enrollment in two-year colleges during the Great Recession
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
Oklahoma’s score out of 5 on the COVID-19 housing policy scorecard used to rate each state’s pandemic responses to evictions and prevention of homelessness. Oklahoma has not implemented statewide orders that would prevent evictions and forclosures during and immediately following the pandemic.
[Source: Eviction Lab]
The approximate number of retired teachers, police officers, firefighters, and state employees who would receive the first cost of living adjustment in 12 years under HB 3350, which was passed by the legislature and awaits action from Gov. Stitt.
[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]
Oklahoma state employees make an average of 17 percent less than their private counterparts, which makes retirement and other benefits are thus often a vital tool to recruit and retain highly-skilled employees.
[Source: Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services and OK Policy]
Eviction cases filed in Oklahoma courts since March 15, when Oklahoma entered a state of emergency, as of May 14, 2020.
[Source: Open Justice Oklahoma]
Estimated percentage decrease in college enrollment nationwide in fall 2020 due to COVID-19, which could lead to a substantial loss of revenue for institutions of higher education.
[Source: American Council on Education]
The percentage of child care programs that have lost income because they are reimbursed using attendance rates rather than enrollment for child care subsidy. Child care providers have asked DHS to reimburse based on enrollment rather than attendance during the COVID-19 crisis.
[Source: NAEYC COVID-19 Survey Data by State]
The number of people (including jail staff and incarcerated individuals) diagnosed as infected with COVID-19 at the Comanche County Detention Center in Lawton since the outbreak began. The state health department is now testing all jail staff and 345 people incarcerated there.
[Source: KOSU]
Eviction cases filed in Oklahoma courts since March 15, when Oklahoma entered a state of emergency (as of May 11, 2020)
