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Percentage of the Department of Corrections budget spent on private prisons and contracts in 2013.
Average Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) claimed in Oklahoma County in 2012. The EITC was claimed by 1 in 5 residents
Source: Brookings.
Percentage of incarcerated women in Oklahoma who are in prison for non-violent offenses.
Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Number of tornadoes in Oklahoma in 2014, the fewest of any year on record.
Per capita mental health and substance abuse treatment expenditures in Oklahoma in 2010. The national average was $120.56.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
The amount budgeted for health care for incarcerated Oklahomans in 2013
Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Drop in the number of Oklahoma children receiving subsidized child care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) since 2006.
Source: CLASP.
Cost of a bear hunting license for Oklahoma residents in the 2014-2015 hunting season. (The cost is $506 for non-residents.)
Average premium increase of health insurance plans purchased on Healthcare.gov in Oklahoma if Attorney General Pruitt’s lawsuit against the health care law is successful ($75/month to $277/month).
Source: Center for American Progress.
Percentage of women entering the state correctional system in 2013 with a moderate to high need for substance abuse treatment.
