Kentucky's domestic violence, sexual assault, and child advocacy groups rally support for long-term "pension fix" in HB8
Life-saving services in jeopardy unless lawmakers can agree on permanent solution for the state’s beleaguered retirement system.
FRANKFORT, KY, USA, February 19, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On Feb. 10, Kentucky’s House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of House Bill 8, which implements solutions that would provide long overdue relief for the state’s quasi-government agencies, the majority of which provide essential social services such as emergency shelter for victims of violence, mental health services, and more.
For several years, these quasi-government agencies, like the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Kentucky, and many of their member programs have shouldered the burden of Frankfort’s broken pension system by paying exorbinant rates on retirement expenses, some of which effectively double staffing costs.