Visiting Senior Fellow

John R. Corlett

John Corlett is a Senior Visiting Fellow at The Center for Community Solutions, after nearly a decade as its President and Executive Director. Corlett’s career has included leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, including serving as vice president for government relations and community affairs at The MetroHealth System, and as the State of Ohio’s Medicaid Director. He has also held leadership roles in community organizations focused on families, children, behavioral health, and women’s health. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Centers for Families and Children, First Year Cleveland, Lakewood Community Service Society, the United Way of Greater Cleveland, and the Woodruff Foundation.

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John R. Corlett

Medicaid
Research

Ohio Medicaid work requirement implementation

John R. Corlett
November 30, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

5 Things to know about Census Hardship Data for Ohio

John R. Corlett
December 9, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

U.S. Census to halt publication of state-level hardship data

John R. Corlett
November 11, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Ohio House appropriates “Super Duper Fund;” Senate action still to come

John R. Corlett
February 20, 2024
Article

An Ohio Capital Budget with a Twist

John R. Corlett
December 1, 2023
Article

A Tribute to Gayle Channing Tenenbaum

John R. Corlett
April 24, 2023
Article

Meet new 2023 Board members and Board Chair Kyle Miller

John R. Corlett
January 2, 2023
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Three strategies to address Ohio’s ‘benefit cliff’

John R. Corlett
October 17, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Poverty in the LGBTQ Community; Ohio and Nationally

John R. Corlett
June 20, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Impact of Ohio Substitute House Bill 327 on Non-Profit Organizations

John R. Corlett
April 4, 2022
Article

Taneisha Fair Appointed Research Associate

John R. Corlett
January 3, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Twenty-five Years Later, U.S. Policy Shifts on Aid to Poor Families with Children

John R. Corlett
August 23, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

July 1: Community Solutions’ Statement on Ohio’s Biennial Budget

John R. Corlett
July 1, 2021
Medicaid
Public testimony

June 17: Letter to the Conference Committee on House Bill 110

John R. Corlett
June 17, 2021
Medicaid
Article

Big step forward for Ohio Medicaid, but more to come

John R. Corlett
April 19, 2021
Article

Hate has no place in the fight against COVID-19

John R. Corlett
March 15, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

April 22: Letter to the Ohio Congressional Delegation

John R. Corlett
April 22, 2020
Article

AFC announces Julie Patterson as new director

John R. Corlett
November 26, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Big City Problems in Ohio’s Small Towns

John R. Corlett
November 10, 2016
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Ending Welfare As We Knew It

John R. Corlett
August 18, 2016
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

5 ways to increase your odds of securing State Capital funding for your project

Dylan Armstrong
March 1, 2026
Older Adults
Article

A Compelling Case for PACE: Lorain County

Community Solutions Team
October 17, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

July 15: Community Solutions' USDA Racial Equity Comments

Community Solutions Team
July 14, 2021