One waiver out, one waiver in

The Center for Community Solutions is committed to monitoring and researching the impact of waivers or other proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility or access. During this biennial Ohio budget process, we kept track of a variety of proposed changes that had the potential to affect this population. After some deliberation, the Healthy Ohio proposal from the House budget process did not find...

State budget adds Adult Protective Services increase

Given Ohio’s rapidly aging population and Governor Mike DeWine’s commitment to health and human services, The Center for Community Solutions is pleased by the General Assembly’s choice to increase the adult protective services (APS) line-item. The Center for Community Solutions is pleased by the General Assembly’s choice to increase the adult protective services line-item. The increase brings the line-item from...

Advocacy in Motion trainings show how to take advocacy to the next level

When one looks at the public policy landscape on the local, county and state levels, there are many important decisions that will significantly impact the quality of life for older adults in Greater Cleveland. This year alone, policy decisions like the state transportation budget, and the state and county budgets will affect services such as Adult Protective Services (APS), home...

Budget offers hope for Ohio’s multi-system youth and their families

Parents and advocates have worked for five years to abolish forced custody relinquishment of multi-system youth in Ohio, and we are hopeful that, due to broad bipartisan support, this budget will bring an end to this heartbreaking practice. No one can better explain the heartbreak of a forced custody relinquishment than a parent who has had to make that choice....

How can Cleveland close its racial income and wealth gap?

  Racial disparities in income run deep in this country. Unconscious bias, historic disinvestment in black communities and public policies that advantage white people have all fed a growing wealth gap that persists to this day. While it is true that black workers are disproportionately represented in low-wage occupations, there is national research that shows black workers earn less pay...

Citizenship question is out of the census for now…but was the damage already done? Not if we can help it!

For now, the citizenship question is off 2020 census forms. That’s good news for those of us, like The Center for Community Solutions, who want to see a complete and accurate count every 10 years.  However, where we go from here is complicated. The Supreme Court sent the issue of whether a citizenship question will be included on the 2020...

Winners of the 2019 Ohio Health and Human Services Reporting Grant

It was truly inspiring to see the number and quality of applications from journalists all across Northeast Ohio who responded to our inaugural Ohio Health and Human Services Grant! Applicants from across the region, reporters based everywhere from Youngstown to Cleveland, applied with original, unique and compelling reporting projects. Due to the quality of the applications, and the varied story ideas,...

Ohio Commemorates World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Ensuring health and safety has been a concern of The Center for Community Solutions since its inception in 1913 when it was called The Federation for Charity and Philanthropy. Over the decades, our organization played key roles in creating and monitoring the implementation of state and local laws and protocols to protect Ohio residents. Today, June 17, the Ohio Attorney...