March 22, 2019March 24, 2019
State Budgeting Matters: The podcast
by Patti Carlylein Podcast
Loren Anthes and Adam White talk about Governor Mike DeWine’s first budget – why everyone should pay attention to it and what it could mean for health and human services in Ohio moving forward. Listen right here or download it here!
March 18, 2019March 17, 2019
A first look at health and human services in Governor Mike DeWine’s budget
by Tara Brittonin Blog, Ohio, State Budget
Gov. Mike DeWine introduces first state budget, proclaiming “For too long, we’ve tinkered at the margins” Last Friday, Governor Mike DeWine introduced the details of his first state budget, after previewing several initiatives during the first half of March. Overall, the 2020-2021 budget is framed as an investment in Ohio’s future. DeWine stated that “for too long, we’ve tinkered at...
March 18, 2019April 9, 2019
Why the London Patient matters: What does a second HIV ‘cure’ mean?
By now, many people have heard the news that there was a second man ‘cured’ of HIV. It was a top headline last week, based on a presentation of research at the 2019 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) – one of the premier scientific conferences for HIV-related research. Some are saying, “I didn’t know someone had already been...
March 15, 2019March 15, 2019
The Ohio budget process
by Tara Brittonin Blog, Ohio, State Budget
An odd-numbered year in Ohio means the state budget bill has been introduced. Every two years, the governor releases budget recommendations and the General Assembly takes the first half of the year to consider the proposal and develop its own versions of a budget for the state. By June 30, the General Assembly must present a budget bill to the...
March 15, 2019March 15, 2019
Medicaid work requirements: Why transparency is needed in Ohio’s eligibility waiver
by Loren Anthesin Blog, Medicaid, Ohio
Now that the federal government has approved the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s Group VIII Work Requirement and Community Engagement Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver, Governor Mike DeWine’s administration should do everything it can to ensure it is meeting its obligations for data transparency, legally, and as a matter of public interest. Such a significant potential cut in Medicaid, would affect hundreds...
March 11, 2019March 8, 2019
Family health, homeless services contracts focus of Cuyahoga County HHSA Meeting
The March 6 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging committee met to consider one contract related to family health, and another for homeless services. Bob Math, from the Cuyahoga County Department of Health and Human Services spoke on behalf of the Division of Child and Family Services. He requested approval for a master contract that applies...
March 4, 2019February 28, 2019
MetroHealth Receives Health Care Contract for Kids in Cuyahoga County Custody
The February 20 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging Committee featured the approval of one contract, totaling $850,000, which covers the health care needs of children who are in the custody of the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). The contract lasts for one year, from January 1 to December 30, 2019. MetroHealth will continue...
February 26, 2019February 26, 2019
Ohio Transportation Funding 101
By: William Tarter, Jr., WTarter@CommunitySolutions.com Sam Sobul, SSobul@CommunitySolutions.com Introduction The DeWine administration unveiled the biennium transportation budget on February 21. Before the Ohio General Assembly examines the budget, The Center for Community Solutions wanted to provide a primer of what gets decided in the transportation budget, the process that the transportation budget goes through, and what transportation-related items will be...