The Cuyahoga County Board of Health holds press conference updating citizens on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish addressed the Friday, April 10 briefing by talking about schools and kids in the community. Twenty-five percent of families in Cuyahoga County do not have a computer or internet access to do homework. “Schools...
April 10, 2020May 11, 2020
COVID-19 & Emergency SNAP Allotments: What You Need to Know
by Rachel Cahillin Blog, COVID-19
On April 7, 2020, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced the issuance emergency SNAP (food stamp) payments to many SNAP households to help buy food during the pandemic crisis. Will I get extra SNAP benefits? If your monthly SNAP benefit is less than the maximum SNAP for your household size in the table below, you will...
April 8, 2020April 14, 2020
Pandemic EBT: What it would provide for Ohio’s school children
More than 717,000, or more than 1 in 4 Ohio children no longer have access to free or reduced-priced meals that had been offered during the school day prior to the COVID-19 epidemic. Since all Ohio schools have been closed since March 16 in response to the pandemic, these children and their families have endured three weeks and counting without...
April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
647 cases, 20 deaths in Cuyahoga County, Cuyahoga County is doing a great job flattening the curve but now’s not the time to let up
by Patti Carlylein Blog, COVID-19, Cuyahoga County
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health holds press conference updating citizens on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) commissioner Terry Allan opened his Wednesday, April 8 briefing by reminding everyone that we are in the middle of National Public Health Week. “Right now, more than ever, the importance of a strong,...
April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
Cuyahoga County gets restraining order to close non-essential business that had stayed open
by Patti Carlylein Blog, COVID-19, Cuyahoga County
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health holds press conference updating citizens on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) commissioner Terry Allan announced in the Cuyahoga County Board of Health’s Wednesday, April 8 briefing that the first business in Cuyahoga County had been closed, the Seconds City Consignment Home Furnishings in Parma...
April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Voting during COVID-19
by Eboney Thorntonin Blog, COVID-19, Ohio
Last month, Ohio legislators passed an emergency coronavirus legislation (House Bill 197) extending the March 17 primary election to April 28. With this legislation, the majority of voters will be voting by mail with limited in-person available for a select few. How to vote Vote-by-mail. Eligible voters who were registered to vote by February 18 and did not early or...
April 7, 2020April 9, 2020
SNAP during COVID-19
April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
“Masks are not a substitute for social distancing.” 574 sick in Cuyahoga County, 15 dead
by Patti Carlylein Blog, COVID-19, Cuyahoga County
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health holds press conference updating citizens on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. The health commissioner for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Terry Allan, opened the Monday, April 6 press briefing by stating how proud he is of the county’s ‘public health warriors.’ “I think it’s been incredible to watch Public...
April 3, 2020April 6, 2020
513 cases in Cuyahoga County, 10 deaths. ‘We’re not gonna get on the other side of this curve unless you stay home’
by Patti Carlylein Blog, COVID-19, Cuyahoga County, Health
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health holds press conference updating citizens on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) commissioner Terry Allan opened his Friday, April 3 briefing by talking about ManorCare in Parma, a long-term care facility which was identified as the location of a COVID-19 cluster. “They’ve been very cooperative...
April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Six Cuyahoga County inmates test positive for COVID-19, investigation into who inmates had close contact with underway
by Patti Carlylein Blog, COVID-19, Cuyahoga County, Health
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health holds press conference updating citizens on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish opened the Friday county briefing by saying that the county jail has had six inmates test positive for COVID-19 and two additional inmates are under suspicion of having COVID-19. The county jail has had...