By: Tara Britton, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy Brie Luscheck, Associate, Public Policy & External Affairs Introduction In 1996, President Bill Clinton fulfilled his promise to end “welfare as we know it,” and now, more than 20 years later, the change is evident. Welfare as an entitlement has ended, but the program that replaced...
Research
October 1, 2018
18 Questions for the 2018 Election
September 24, 2018
Do Differences in Reporting of Live Births Affect Comparability of Infant Mortality Rates?
Infant mortality is used as an indicator of child and maternal health, and also an indicator of the quality of the health of a community’s residents. The infant mortality rate is calculated using two components: deaths within the first year of life, compared to the number of live births. Fetal deaths, sometimes referred to as...
September 24, 2018
How are Cuyahoga County schools teaching sex education?
September 24, 2018
Interactive Comprehensive Health Education Map
September 4, 2018
Strategic review of Medicaid Part three
In “Part III: Recommendations” of the Strategic Review of Medicaid series, we take the information outlined in the previous two sections and synthesize some policy concepts that are worth considering once the Kasich Administration ends. While there has been a tremendous amount of change over the course of the last eight years, much of which...
August 27, 2018
Interactive strategic review of Medicaid: Part two
August 20, 2018
Interactive strategic review of Medicaid: Part one
July 23, 2018
The State of Sex Ed
2017 Community Assessment Report Executive Summary On October 13th, 2017, the Collaborative for Comprehensive School Age Health and the Central Ohio Coalition for Sexual Health invited organizations engaged in implementing comprehensive sex education across the state of Ohio to come together to share their work and experiences. This report is the result of that one-day community discussion...
July 9, 2018
Ohio at a Crossroads: Three years later, an update on the state’s developmental disabilities system
INTRODUCTION The past decade has been a period of remarkable change for Ohio’s developmental disability system, as views continue to shift around how to best promote the integrity and independence of individuals served by the system. However, significant change is often accompanied by resistance and discord. Rifts remain among individuals served, family members, providers and...