Click here to read the full report! The Center for Community Solutions was pleased to work with Akron Children’s Hospital on its fourth Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The CHNA took a look at the needs of children living in Ashland, Columbiana, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne counties. Take a look...
December 9, 2019
The poorer your neighborhood, the shorter your life
December 9, 2019
Nearly $2 million in contracts approved by Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee
The Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) Committee heard testimony from four agencies looking for county contract approvals or extensions before the end of the calendar year. The committee meeting on November 20 was chaired by Pernel Jones who is vice president of county council and vice chair of the council’s HHSA committee....
December 9, 2019
Loren Anthes Appointed as Community Solution’s Treuhaft Chair for Health Planning
It gives me great pleasure to announce that The Center for Community Solutions will appoint Loren Anthes as the new endowed William C. and Elizabeth M. Treuhaft Chair for Health Planning at Community Solutions effective January 1, 2020. The Treuhaft Chair was created in 1985 in honor of William C. and Elizabeth M. Treuhaft. Mr....
December 2, 2019
Report on Ohio’s maternal deaths provides look at contributing factors, makes recommendations for improvement
In mid-November, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) released a long-awaited comprehensive report on maternal mortality in Ohio. The report shows that there were 610 pregnancy-associated deaths, of which 186 were pregnancy-related, in Ohio between 2008 and 2016. The report finds that Black women were two and half times more likely to die of a...
December 2, 2019
Health and human services agencies present budget cases to Cuyahoga County Council
The Cuyahoga County Council convened over several weeks to discuss the 2020-2021 biennial budget. The hearings took place over three days and featured testimony and presentations from county health and human services leaders. In this review, we will cover some of the presentations, as well as the questions that followed from county council. The committee...
December 2, 2019
Fact Sheet on Federal Proposal to Cut SNAP Benefit Levels in Ohio by Reducing the Standard Utility Allowance
By: Rachel Cahill Consultant for Cuyahoga County’s Benefits Access Partnership Background On October 3, the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published a proposed rule that would impose a standardized methodology for calculating the Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) for SNAP.[1] The SUA plays an important role determining a household’s total shelter expenses, which in turn, significantly...
November 25, 2019
Harm reduction, drug users’ health take center stage at state HIV planning meeting
This month, the HIV, STI & Viral Hepatitis Interventions and Treatment Section of the Ohio Department of Health’s Office of Health Improvement and Wellness held its Combined Community Planning Group (CCPG) meeting. CCPG is a quarterly meeting of health service providers, community members, community-based organizations and other stakeholders who work across the HIV continuum –...
November 18, 2019
Poverty Speaks: Racial Disparities
November 18, 2019
Levy increase on the ballot next year
Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and County Council President Dan Brady announced that the county will seek to put an eight-year, 4.7 mill levy on the March 17, 2020 ballot. If passed, the county could have two similar-size health and human services levies that would alternate every four years. Currently, the county has a 3.9...