Late last year, The Center for Community Solutions released fact sheets on the Status of Women for each of Ohio’s 88 counties that include a cross section of indicators about women including health, economic, civic and education levels. Modeled after a national report on the Status of Women, by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in which...
Category: Strengthening the HHS Safety Net
June 19, 2020
Congresswomen Marcia Fudge headlines HSAN on food insecurity
More than 150 people heard from the Honorable Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-Warrensville Heights) at the Human Services Advocacy Network (HSAN) via Zoom on June 19. Fudge has been a champion for food access during her tenure in Congress, and provided opening remarks about the issue of food insecurity during and after the pandemic. In...
June 19, 2020
June 19 Friday Webinar: Food access during and after COVID-19 with special guest Rep. Marcia Fudge
June 19, 2020 The Center for Community Solutions, hosted an HSAN webinar with Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Warrensville Heights) where she and advocates talked about how to ensure people have access to food both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to Rep. Fudge and her staff!
June 8, 2020
Budget cuts in Ohio, which HHS agencies are affected?
Earlier this spring, Governor Mike DeWine announced that the state faces a roughly $775 million shortfall in its budget for fiscal year 2020 – which ends on June 30, 2020. The governor requested each agency look for cuts of up to 20 percent for fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021.[1] Federal funding associated with...
May 26, 2020
Considerations about remote services in the COVID-19 pandemic
With social distancing measures in place, many organizations have implemented virtual and remote services to support the health and social needs of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two-thirds of service providers in Community Solutions’ COVID-19 survey reported shifting their in-person work with clients to phone or video chat. We’ve seen more expansion...
May 11, 2020
Grocery shopping alternatives are great, unless you have SNAP
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) began, customers across the country have been utilizing the convenience of online shopping for more than just clothes and shoes. Online shopping has become one of the most popular ways to obtain food and household essentials as it allows customers to adhere to social distancing guidelines and...
May 5, 2020
The ever-expanding role of the American educator
By: Aaron Muttillo, Ph.D. Director, Day Treatment Centers Positive Education Program An educator’s role will always be multifaceted because of the complex, dynamic nature of a growing child. Most educators now embrace a whole-student approach to teaching, one that places great value on activities that address a child’s social and emotional development. As educators consider all...
May 5, 2020
Friday webinar series recap: How counties & case workers are responding to COVID-19
The Center for Community Solutions, in partnership with Advocates for Ohio’s Future, hosted speakers from various family service agencies from across the state in a May 1 webinar. The topic of discussion was the impact COVID-19 has had on some of the state’s largest social programs and services and how those organizations have managed thus...
April 24, 2020
Congregate living in the time of COVID-19
Ohio recently emerged as having, at least for a moment in time, the largest outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. The outbreak occurred in the Marion Correctional Institution in which 80 percent of inmates have tested positive. Many of them are asymptomatic. Marion is not the only correctional facility with an outbreak, at the time...
April 17, 2020
Letter to Ohio’s General Assembly
As we all begin to focus on the state’s recovery, we want to ensure that health and human services are included in this discourse, as a strong safety net is the backbone of a healthy economy and a healthy workforce. The Center for Community Solutions has a longstanding relationship with policymakers on both sides of...