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The amount of money the state allocated for GED prep, basic math and literacy, and ESL classes at adult education centers for FY 2014
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
The number of unemployed Oklahomans as of May 2013, roughly the same as were unemployed this time last year
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Projected number of uninsured Oklahomans in 2016 if the state continues to reject federal money to expand Medicaid, versus 331,000 if the state accepts Medicaid expansion
Source: Health Affairs via Oklahoma Policy Institute
The number of children living in Oklahoma households that were food insecure during the year, a quarter of the state’s kids.
Source: Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy via KIDS COUNT 2013
Percentage of uninsured Oklahomans, eligible to cash-in tax rebates to buy health insurance on the state’s new online ‘exchange’ in 2014, that do not have a bank account
Source: Jackson Hewitt
Percentage of Oklahomans who report that they have not set aside money for children’s college education, compared to 63 percent nationally in 2013
The number of low-income working Oklahomans who would qualify for health coverage if the state accepted federal funds to expand Medicaid
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Oklahoma’s rank among the states for incidence of cervical cancer, 10.9 per 100,000 residents, compared to 7.9 nationally
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999-2009
Number of months on average that families receive ‘welfare’ cash assistance in Oklahoma, compared to 37 months nationally
Source: Community Action Project, 2009
Wealth per household lost to foreclosure in communities of color in Oklahoma, more than double the amount lost in the state’s predominately White communities ($640), 2012
Source: Alliance for a Just Society
