At their final meeting of 2021, the Center for Community Solutions Board of Directors voted to appoint four new members to the board. They are Margie Glick, Bridget Harrison, Douglas Lumpkin and Michael G. Riley. Board President, David Miller, Ph.D., commented “we are so pleased to welcome such a distinguished group of leaders to our...
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Taneisha Fair Appointed Research Associate
I am pleased to announce that The Center for Community Solutions is appointing Taneisha Fair to the role of Research Associate, effective January 1, 2022. Taneisha works in Community Solution’s Cleveland, Ohio office and collaborates with the organization’s consulting clients. She is a skilled facilitator and has collaborated with government agencies, community organizers, and nonprofit service providers. Her current work also includes...
Hope Lane Appointed Fellow, Health Equity
The Center for Community Solutions is appointing Hope Lane to the role of Fellow, Health Equity, effective January 1, 2022. Hope works in Community Solution’s Columbus, Ohio office and manages an extensive docket of policy issues including public benefits, maternal and infant health, and racism as a public health crisis. In this role, she works...
Community Solutions Joins Effort to Support Non-Profit Cleveland Newsroom
Over two years ago the Center for Community Solutions grew increasingly concerned about the disappearance of local journalism, particularly as it related to the coverage of important health and human service issues. We watched news outlets across Ohio either shut down entirely or layoff reporters with years of experience, and not replace them. And with...
The Center for Community Solutions Establishes Half Million CCS Endowment Fund for Racial Equity
David B. Miller, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., Chair of The Center for Community Solutions Board of Directors, “I am pleased to announce that the Board of Directors of The Center for Community Solutions has voted to establish a half million dollar CCS Endowment Fund for Racial Equity to be held at the Cleveland Foundation. Interest earned...
Patti Carlyle Joins Community Solutions as Director of Communications and Digital Strategy
Patti Carlyle has joined The Center for Community Solutions as the director of Communications and Digital Strategy. Before joining Community Solutions, she spent over a decade in communications leadership roles at Cleveland area non-profits, public entities and technology firms. Her most recent initiatives addressing racism and bias include the 2020 Citizens Advisory Committee on Policing...
Community Solutions Appoints Three Distinguished Visiting Fellows
The Center for Community Solutions is appointing three distinguished individuals as Visiting Fellows. Rachel Cahill is being appointed as a Visiting Fellow, Public Benefits; Gayle Channing-Tenenbaum, Visiting Fellow, Children and Youth; and Zulma Zabala, Visiting Fellow, Community and Racial Equity. The knowledge and experience these three leaders bring to Community Solutions is extraordinary. Each of...
Community Solutions Launching Effort to Track and Influence Federal Relief Funding Flowing into Ohio
Funding emanating from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) represents one of the largest single federal investments in local and state governments in the nation’s history. Much attention has focused on the $5.3 billion that Ohio is receiving in fiscal relief funds. Equally significant amounts are coming to Cuyahoga County, the City of Cleveland, and...
Twenty-five Years Later, U.S. Policy Shifts on Aid to Poor Families with Children
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden and his Congressional allies included a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act that, in effect, reversed 25 years of policy created by welfare reform legislation passed – in August, 1996. New York Times reporter Jason DeParle described it as a “break with a quarter century of policy.”[1] It...
Loren Anthes, Will Tarter promoted to senior fellow, fellow
Last week, I announced that The Center for Community Solutions was appointing Loren Anthes to the role of Senior Fellow and Will Tarter to the role of Fellow, effective August 1, 2021. Both Loren and Will are respected advocates whose advice and counsel are sought by government, philanthropists, journalists, community groups and nonprofits. Loren Anthes serves...