Increasing numbers of children and their families in every county in Iowa are benefiting from new public health insurance initiatives.
Read backgrounder or download 2-page PDF7/27/10LATEST! Read news release. View map.
Right Balance for Small Business
Over 50,000 Iowa small businesses and their employees could get or keep health insurance now with opportunities in the new health reform law.
Read policy brief or download 3-page PDF7/22/10NEW! News release 2-page PDF
Iowa and Economic Recovery
Security for Economy, and for Most Vulnerable
Without an extension of unemployment benefits for long-term unemployed, Iowans could see a delayed economic recovery, while workers long unemployed through no fault of their own need help.
Read backgrounder 1-page PDF6/25/10
Smart Steps in Recovery — Improving the Child Tax Credit
By maintaining the Child Tax Credit eligibility rules modified in the Recovery Act, Congress could help thousands of working Iowans and their children who struggle to support their families and make ends meet. Read backgrounder or 2-page PDF6/14/10
Weatherizing Iowa to a Green Recovery
At the same time the federal economic recovery package
is boosting income and the number of jobs for Iowa workers, it is improving energy-savings
opportunities for Iowa families who cannot otherwise afford them. Policy Brief PDF (7 pages) 5/20/10 News ReleaseHTML PDF (2 pages)
Assuring children's health coverage is an area where Iowa has shown leadership. Will budget choices uphold that legacy? ARRA-Child Health Policy Brief 3-pg PDF 3/7/10
Federal recovery dollars for Iowa’s unemployment insurance system, food assistance and Medicaid have boosted Iowa economic activity in both jobs and income, with continuing benefits into 2010. ARRA-Unemployment Insurance Policy Brief 5-pg PDFNews ReleaseHTML or 2-pg PDF 2/25/10ARRA-Food Assistance Policy Brief 9-pg PDFNews ReleaseHTML or 2-pg PDF 2/17/10 ARRA-Medicaid Policy brief5-pg PDF11/12/09News release2-pg PDF11/12/09
Proposed tax-credit reform legislation in the Iowa Legislature falls well short of its stated goals for better accountability and savings for Iowa taxpayers. Backgrounder PDF (3 pages) StatementHTML3/23/10 News Release PDF (2 pages) 3/17/10
Iowa policy choices could encourage a stronger economy, and address the long-term need to assure critical public services are strong when they are most needed. BackgrounderHTML PDF (3 pages) 3/17/10
We need to be smarter about economic development spending. When we are cutting state services, we should not leave tax credits and subsidies for economic development running on autopilot. Film credit: statement from IFP's Peter Fisher PDF (1 page) 3/10/10
Can government assistance be a determining factor in business decisions in ways that provide an overall benefit to the state? Key considerations for use of tax credits and tax expenditures. Policy Brief 5-pg PDF or HTML2/4/10
How much do various business subsidies actually return a benefit to Iowa taxpayers? What to consider — and what not — to evaluate "rate of return." Policy Brief 6-pg PDF1/27/10 Backgrounder 2-pg PDF or HTML1/27/10