Category: Reports and Fact Sheets

Priority for Oklahoma: Restore Education Funding

As part of the Together Oklahoma coalition, OK Policy has developed four top priority issues for this year’s Legislative session. These priorities have been identified as practical, politically achievable steps to move us toward lasting, broad-based prosperity. One of these… Read more [More...]

Priority for Oklahoma: Expand Health Coverage

As part of the Together Oklahoma coalition, OK Policy has developed four top priority issues for this year’s Legislative session. These priorities have been identified as practical, politically achievable steps to move us toward lasting, broad-based prosperity. One of these… Read more [More...]

Prescription Drug Abuse in Oklahoma

Prescription drug abuse is a public health crisis in Oklahoma, contributing to over eight hundred deaths in 2012. In our new fact sheet on the topic, we provide a quick overview of the issue, dispel a few myths, and suggest… Read more [More...]

2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard

The 2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard is the leading source for data on household financial security and policy solutions.  CFED’s 2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard evaluates how Oklahoma residents are faring across 66 outcome measures in five different issue areas… Read more [More...]

2014 Oklahoma Legislative Primer

Where do bills come from? How many make it into law? Who makes up Governor Fallin’s cabinet? How does the committee process work, and who leads which committee? As the 2014 Oklahoma Legislative session gets underway, our up to date … Read more [More...]

Policy Basics: Oklahoma’s Food Security Safety Net

This year brought impressive economic growth for many Oklahomans. The state unemployment rate is among the lowest in the nation, and our economy is recovering rapidly from the Great Recession. Despite these encouraging indicators, Oklahomans also face serious challenges: rising… Read more [More...]

Action Items for Oklahoma: Education

Oklahoma’s students show up at school bringing diverse skills and backgrounds. Some have supportive parents who read to them every night; others are still learning English. Some are provided with the best tutors; others don’t have enough to eat at home. Oklahoma has a duty to teach all of these children. This report recommends action items for Oklahoma to better fulfill that duty... Read more. [More...]

Health Insurance Marketplace and the Affordable Care Act: Resources and Information

Major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will begin January 1, 2014. One of the most important provisions is the creation of the new Health Insurance Marketplaces (also known as Exchanges) that will allow uninsured Americans… Read more [More...]

What you need to know about Oklahoma’s new Health Insurance Marketplace

Beginning October 1 and lasting until March 31, 2014, Oklahomans without access to affordable health insurance through their employer or a government sponsored plan will be able to purchase a plan through the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Read more... [More...]

Insure Oklahoma extension paves way for longer-term solution

Last Friday, Oklahoma received formal word that the federal government has agreed to extend Insure Oklahoma, the state’s publicly-funded premium assistance health insurance program, until the end of 2014, subject to certain program changes.  This one-year extension means that individuals… Read more [More...]