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About KAC

Kansas Action for Children’s nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy transforms the lives of Kansas kids. The Topeka-based KAC focuses on early education, health care access, and family supports for the more than 707,000 children who call this state home. With support from individuals and private foundations, KAC has worked for more than four decades to make Kansas the best place to live, work and raise a family.

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06 October 2021 | Tax and budget

Kansas Monthly Revenues Remain Stronger than Projected

Karuva Kaseke
October 6, 2021

The first quarter of the 2022 fiscal year closed with revenues again exceeding estimates with September receipts coming in $159.8 million higher, or 23.2 percent above, the $690.1 million projection. For the entire first quarter, total receipts ($2.06 billion) were $335.8 million or 19.5 percent above the estimate ($1.73 billion).

30 July 2021
Early Learning

Kansas communities tackle child care challenges with ingenuity, grit

15 July 2021
Tax and budget

Investment needed as new fiscal year dawns

16 June 2021

Column: After a challenging session, Kansas children’s advocates look to better policies in '22

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40

years of KAC putting the children and families of Kansas first.

705,000

children call our state home. We owe them a bright future.

103,000

Kansas kids live in poverty. We can and must do better.

Areas of work

Every Kansas child — from birth to elementary school— should have access to high-quality early education, access to affordable health care, and support if times get tough. These investments in the early years create a rock-solid foundation for growth and development that lasts a lifetime. And through sensible budget and tax policy, Kansans support kids and families who otherwise would go without. These four areas, separate but tightly linked, are at the center of all that KAC does.

Health

AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE is necessary for children and adults, and untreated illness costs money and lives. We should start with...

Early Learning

HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LEARNING is formal and informal education delivered by qualified and fairly compensated professionals in home, center, and school...

Family Supports

PROVEN PROGRAMS HELP FAMILIES ON THE EDGE. Programs such as the federal and state EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) and...

Tax & Budget

SENSIBLE FISCAL POLICY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. Children can thrive when they have their basic needs met. Through our tax dollars,...