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The number of Oklahomans who are not accessing needed mental health and substance use disorder treatment.
[Source: Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse]
The number of Oklahomans who were registered to vote as of Jan. 15, 2020.
[Source: Oklahoma State Election Board]
Percent of African American children in Oklahoma living in households with a high cost burden compared to 20 percent of White children.
[Source: KIDS COUNT Data Center]
Amount lost by a family of two adults and two children when the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) was made nonrefundable in 2016.
[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]
See previous Numbers of the Day here.
Jan. 31, 2020 is national EITC Awareness Day. OK Policy has identified reinstating Oklahoma’s EITC refundability as a focus area for the upcoming Legislative session.
Number of low-income, working Oklahomans who lost some or all of a tax cut when the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) was made non-refundable in 2016.
[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]
Total amount lost by low and middle income families since Oklahoma’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) was made nonrefundable in 2016.
[Source: OK Policy]
Average annual loss for Earned Income Tax Credit recipients in Oklahoma since the credit was made non-refundable in 2016
[Source: OK Policy]
Percent decrease in state funding for Oklahoma higher education during the past five years. Nationally, state higher education funding increased by 18.8 percent during the same time period. [StateImpact]
Percent of 3- and 4-year-olds in Oklahoma not enrolled in school, nursery school, pre-K, or kindergarten.
[Source: KIDS COUNT Data Center]
The number of states including Oklahoma who provide the SAT and ACT to all high school juniors at no cost to families or districts.
[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]
