Category: Reports and Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Medicaid Rebalancing Act Essential to Stabilize & Strengthen Oklahoma’s Health Care System

Download this fact sheet as a pdf. Oklahoma’s health care system is facing an unprecedented crisis. Oklahoma’s nonelderly uninsured rate (18 percent) is tied for second highest in the nation. Our health care system is already straining to deal with… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s Revenue Options for the Budget Emergency

Without new revenue to close the shortfall, state agencies and school districts face massive budget cuts that will be disastrous for Oklahoma families, businesses, and communities. Here are 16 revenue options worth considering as part of a fair and sustainable budget... Read more [More...]

2016 Oklahoma Legislative Primer

How many bills made it into law last year? What do legislators get paid? Who's in Gov. Fallin's cabinet? As the 2016 legislative session gets underway, our Legislative Primer answers these questions and more... Read more [More...]

Food Security Resources

Key Facts As of 2013, an estimated 654,640 Oklahomans are food-insecure, which means that they don’t have consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. Oklahomans are more likely to be food-insecure than most Americans, and many chronic diseases… Read more [More...]

2014 Oklahoma Poverty Profile

Did you know that 1 in 6 Oklahomans lived in poverty last year (annual income below $23,850 for a family of four)? Based on recently-released Census Bureau data, OK Policy's 2014 Poverty Profile breaks down what poverty looks like in our state... Read more [More...]

Issue Brief: Community Eligibility Can Help Make Oklahoma Schools Hunger-Free

With the Community Eligibility Provision, participating schools can eliminate school meals paperwork and serve all students at no charge. Our report explains the program’s benefits and how it works, as well as its potential for Oklahoma schools... Read more [More...]

Issue Brief: Barriers to Affordable Housing for Oklahomans with Felony Convictions

Finding affordable housing is one of the most difficult barriers faced by Oklahomans with a felony conviction in their past. Yet Oklahoma's major public housing assistance programs frequently exclude people with felony records, and even those who have been arrested without being charged, from getting help. [More...]

Voting Information and Resources

Oklahoma State Election Board Home Page Find your Polling Place 2014 Oklahoma Election Results (State Election Board) 2014 Election Resources (OK Policy) League of Women Voters Vote 411 Voter Information (Register to Vote, Request Absentee Ballot, Early Voting, etc.) Election… Read more [More...]

Medicaid back on the chopping block

As the Oklahoma Legislature enters the final months of session, state agencies and the populations they serve are bracing for another round of painful budget cuts. A stark example of the high stakes involved in this year’s budget shortfall is… Read more [More...]

Budget Trends and Outlook – March 2015

Oklahoma faces a giant budget shortfall for the coming year, the result of both slumping energy prices and policy decisions that have dampened revenue collections and increased off-the-top allocations. Our Budget Trends and Outlook fact sheet explains the budget situation… Read more [More...]