This is the second blog in a series responding to the infographic report on racial disparities in Cleveland that I authored in December. Click here to read the first blog. The existence of wide disparities between black and white children living in poverty is not surprising. Poverty is a measure of income relative to family size (I wrote more about...
February 25, 2019February 24, 2019
Undesign the Redline: Remembering Judge Frederick Coleman
by John Corlettin Blog
Earlier this year a group of staff and board members from The Center for Community Solutions visited the Undesign the Redline exhibit hosted by Enterprise Community Partners, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Mt. Pleasant NOW Development Corporation. The exhibit looks at how a legacy of racial and class inequity continues to shape our public policies today both in Cleveland and nationally....
February 21, 2019February 21, 2019
A Recap of Governor DeWine’s Advisory Committee on Transportation Infrastructure
by William Tarter, Jr.in Blog, Ohio
On Wednesday, February 6 about 100 people packed a hearing room at the Rhodes Tower in Columbus for the second meeting of the Ohio Governor’s Advisory Council on Transportation Infrastructure. The council of 15 individuals, assembled by Governor Mike DeWine in late January, met for the very first time the day before. The committee was tasked with making recommendations on...
February 14, 2019August 9, 2022
Follow the Money: Launch party and reception
by Patti Carlylein Blog, Ohio, State Budget
February 11, 2019February 8, 2019
A lifetime of lead exposure
When elevated blood lead levels are in the news, it is typically related to the youngest members of our community. Children aged 5 and under tend to suffer the most devastating and permanent consequences of lead poisoning. Reporters at Cleveland’s Plain Dealer newspaper have consistently reported on the conditions that result in elevated blood levels and the prevalence of lead...
February 11, 2019February 8, 2019
A Difference of Perspectives
by Terry Thomasin Ohio, State Budget
Upon leaving the Legislative Budget Office in 1982, Richard G. Sheridan relocated to Lakewood on Ohio’s North Coast, where he taught classes and served as fiscal director at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin Urban Center. He later moved to The Center for Community Solutions (then, the Federation for Community Planning), where he was a prolific author of publications on...
February 4, 2019December 11, 2019
Eliminating racial disparities in infant mortality
In December, I authored an infographic report on racial disparities in Cleveland, which served to stoke community dialogue and keep the issue of systemic racism top-of-mind for many in the nonprofit and public sector communities. In the first part of 2019, I will explore some possible solutions to problems that were raised in the infographics. This blog is the first...
January 28, 2019January 24, 2019
Working for Richard G. Sheridan
by Terry Thomasin Ohio, State Budget
Shortly after graduating with a Master’s degree in political science from The Ohio State University in 1977, I sought employment as a “practitioner” of the trade with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC). Upon interviewing with LSC Director David Johnston, he thought I would best fit the organization in their Legislative Budget Office (LBO). While structurally a part of the...
January 28, 2019February 6, 2019
Driver’s license suspensions disproportionately impact poor Ohioans
The Center for Community Solutions has written about the ways in which our current transportation policy choices affect health outcomes and Medicaid spending, including how access to transportation increases economic mobility and alleviates poverty. However, it’s important to highlight how a driver’s license is a near necessity for employment in Ohio, with the Ohio Department of Transportation stating “the existing...
January 28, 2019January 28, 2019
Workforce Training the focus of first HHSA meeting of 2019
The first meeting of the year for the Cuyahoga County Council Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) committee took place on January 16. County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell will remain chair of the committee, Councilman Dale Miller and Councilwoman Shontel Brown also are on the committee. Joining the HHSA committee are newly-elected councilwoman Cheryl Stephens, as well as the current Vice...