Gayle Channing Tenenbaum, Ohio’s premier champion for children and families, passed away on April 17, 2023. Gayle dedicated over 40 years of her life to all aspects of human services and was known as the go-to woman for children and family issues. Gayle was affectionately called “G-Force” for the gentle pressure she exerted when lobbying...
Author: John Corlett (John Corlett)
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Leadership District Fact Sheets: Examining Stephens’ House District 93 and Huffman’s Senate District 12
The Center for Community Solutions recently released profiles for Ohio’s state legislative districts. We do this as a public service and make the profiles widely available. They include demographic, economic, education, and other data. While we caution against comparing one district against another (sample sizes can be small and lead to large margins of...
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Cuyahoga County 135th Ohio General Assembly Committee Assignments
The budget process is underway, starting in the House Finance Subcommittee. Committee assignments are also out. A few changes of note: Senate President Huffman has added two new standing Senate committees, one focused on Medicaid chaired by Sen. Mark Romanchuk (R) and the other on community revitalization chaired by Sen. Terry Johnson (R). Sen. Matt...
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Governor Mike DeWine’s Health and Human Service State Budget Highlights
Ohio’s two-year state budget is the single most important policy document that state policymakers will consider while in office. A state budget demonstrates values and illustrates priorities. It translates lofty campaign promises into dollars and cents. This budget proposal is no different. A state budget demonstrates values and illustrates priorities. New! Department of Children and...
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A 5 Item Health and Human Service Budget Advocacy to Do List
The Ohio General Assembly has reconvened, sworn in its members, and elected leadership (State Senator Matt Huffman is Ohio Senate President and State Representative Jason Stephens is Ohio House Speaker). The Senate leadership has already released its committee and chair assignments. The House may take a bit longer due to the unexpected election of Rep....
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Meet new 2023 Board members and Board Chair Kyle Miller
At their final meeting of 2022, The Center for Community Solutions Board of Directors voted to elect Kyle Miller to a two-year term as chair of the board of directors beginning January, 2023. Miller serves as External Affairs Manager for Dominion Energy. In this role, he is the forward-facing representative in communities Dominion Energy serves....
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Three strategies to address Ohio’s ‘benefit cliff’
This Op-Ed was originally published in cleveland.com. Many of us who study public policy as it relates to poverty have long talked about eliminating or reducing the “benefit cliff.” The benefit cliff refers to that moment when low-wage workers are offered a raise or a promotion and turn it down because they don’t want to...
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Eboney Thornton named Assistant Director of Communications
Eboney Thornton has been promoted to the role of Assistant Director of Communications. She joined Community Solutions in 2005 as part of the Youth Development Team, joining the organization after a successful two-year stint in City Year where she had been tasked with implementing a domestic violence curriculum, one-on-one tutoring, and creating and sustaining after-school...
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Eboney Thornton named Assistant Director of Communications
I am happy to announce that Community Solutions has promoted Eboney Thornton to the role of Assistant Director of Communications. Eboney joined Community Solutions in 2005 as part of the Youth Development Team. She joined the organization after a successful two-year stint in City Year where she had been tasked with implementing a domestic violence...
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Poverty in the LGBTQ Community; Ohio and Nationally
June is Pride Month, a time of celebration for the LGBTQ community, and we should recognize and honor comprehensive lived experiences. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nationally, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT) respondents to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (HPS) were more likely than non-LGBT respondents to experience economic and mental health...