Publication Type: Fact Sheet

Oppose Budget Voucher Expansion

The General Assembly’s 2016 Budget includes a massive expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship voucher program over the next 11 years despite any meaningful …

Education Funding Summary

Click below for an Excel file showing breakdown of the following areas: Budget & Allotment Changes Voucher Program Appropriations Expenditures for Public K-12 Schools …

Women & the Economy

Important policies put in place over the past four decades have enabled women to gain a foothold in the labor market, but inequalities remain in their wages and career advancement, despite women’s higher education levels.

Six Ways to Build Women’s Economic Security and Strengthen NC Economy

The “Status of Women in North Carolina,” a report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and sponsored by the North Carolina Council for Women, illustrates the progress North Carolina has made toward gender equality—as well as the persistent obstacles to economic, social, and political advancement that women continue to face.

Family and Medical Leave Act: 20 Years Later

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the first and only legislation written specifically to help workers meet the dual responsibilities of family and work, was signed into law on February 5, 1993.

NC’s unemployment insurance fails standards that make the program effective

Unemployment insurance changes made in 2013 continue to play out poorly in communities across the state. Jobless workers have lost access to a system designed to provide temporary support while they seek new jobs, and communities facing significant job loss and persistently high unemployment have lost a stabilizing resource in their local economies.

U.S. Citizen Students with Undocumented Parents

North Carolina has introduced a new online system, the “Residency Determination Service” (RDS), for students applying to college to determine whether they are “residents” or “non-residents” for purposes of tuition.

H-2A Workers, Taxes, and the Affordable Care Act

Because they are in the United States lawfully on non-immigrant visas, H-2A workers are eligible to purchase an insurance policy through the federal Marketplace and to receive a tax credit to help pay for that insurance coverage.

Health Insurance Eligibility for Immigrants

If you are an immigrant in the United States, it is important to know your rights to access health insurance. This brochure includes the most common immigration statuses, common documentation for those statuses, and corresponding health insurance eligibility for Medicaid, NC Health Choice (CHIP) and the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace.