Policy Associate

Kyle Thompson

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Kyle Thompson works as a policy associate at The Center for Community Solutions. Based at the Columbus office, he supports our statewide policy work with a focus on behavioral health, the American Rescue Plan, and AI technologies used in health and human services. Kyle presented research at Data Days 2023 highlighting the use of AI in health and human service agencies. He also facilitated legislative meetings in Columbus when Cleveland staff visited during the budget season. As a McNair Post Baccalaureate Scholar at Bowling Green, Kyle presented research on criminal justice reform in the nonprofit sector. Kyle has an undergraduate degree in Sociology from Bowling Green University, and a Master of Science in Social Administration, Community Change Concentration from Case Western Reserve University.

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Kyle Thompson

Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

Ohio House Agriculture Committee House Bill 163—SNAP theft and cybersecurity

Kyle Thompson
March 18, 2026
Behavioral Health
Article

Behavioral health funding in Ohio relies on the stability of federal investment

Kyle Thompson
February 23, 2026
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Fifty-eight Ohio health and human service levies passed on the November 4 ballot

Kyle Thompson
November 17, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Sixty-seven Health and Human Service levies on November 2025 ballots

Kyle Thompson
October 13, 2025
Behavioral Health
Article

Department of Behavioral Health: Final State Budget impacts

Kyle Thompson
September 29, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Child Tax Credit in the federal budget: What to know

Kyle Thompson
June 16, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

May 2025 primary levies: What passed?

Kyle Thompson
May 15, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Eighteen health and human service levies in May election

Kyle Thompson
April 28, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Connecting with legislators at Policy Advocacy Days

Kyle Thompson
April 21, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Ohio Budget timeline in the Senate, April - May

Kyle Thompson
March 10, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

House budget hearings will use new committee structure

Kyle Thompson
February 10, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

How does federal funding affect health and human services in Ohio?

Kyle Thompson
February 10, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Human Services 101

Kyle Thompson
February 6, 2025
Medicaid
Article

Tracking the Medicaid work requirement process in Ohio

Kyle Thompson
January 20, 2025
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

What is a Christmas Tree Bill and when is it used?

Kyle Thompson
December 23, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Sixty-one health and human service levies appear on ballots across Ohio

Kyle Thompson
October 21, 2024
Behavioral Health
Article

988 and Suicide Prevention Awareness Day + Month

Kyle Thompson
September 6, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Multiracial identity, interracial relationships, and invisibility

Kyle Thompson
August 19, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Capital Improvements Budget: What Changes have been made?

Kyle Thompson
July 8, 2024
Behavioral Health
Article

Social marketing for the 988 Lifeline to raise public awareness

Kyle Thompson
May 20, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Levies on the 2024 Ohio Primary Ballot: What Passed?

Kyle Thompson
April 1, 2024
Behavioral Health
Article

Behavioral health disparities in Appalachia and rural Ohio

Kyle Thompson
March 25, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Thirteen Health and Human Services levies on the March ballot

Kyle Thompson
March 4, 2024
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

GCARP 2023 grantees: Initiatives and results

Kyle Thompson
December 18, 2023
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Department of Children and Youth: supports, goals, and leadership

Kyle Thompson
November 6, 2023
Behavioral Health
Article

Great Minds Fellowship working to expand Ohio’s behavioral health workforce

Kyle Thompson
October 2, 2023
Article

Reflections on the State Budget Process

Kyle Thompson
September 11, 2023
Article

ARPA in Cleveland: an update on the landscape

Kyle Thompson
May 8, 2023
Article

Black History Month: Music that Moves and Motivates

Kyle Thompson
February 27, 2023
Article

GCARP Coalition Advocacy Grant Recipients Announced

Kyle Thompson
January 30, 2023
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

The State of Student Debt Relief - Here’s what you should know

Kyle Thompson
December 5, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

November 15: Joint Committee to Examine the Activities of the Protection and Advocacy System

Kyle Thompson
November 15, 2022
Article

HHS Levies and Issues on November 8th: A Primer

Kyle Thompson
October 17, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Understanding the value and purpose of 988

Kyle Thompson
September 26, 2022
Article

Unpacking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Kyle Thompson
September 5, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

HB 157 tackles food insecurity by spearheading the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program

Kyle Thompson
May 22, 2005
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Fifty-four health and human service levies pass in November

Kyle Thompson
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Mapping the Money: Funding Ohio’s Health and Human Services

Dylan Armstrong
October 28, 2024
Article

Using AI at a think tank

Alex Dorman
February 5, 2024
Article

An Ohio Capital Budget with a Twist

John R. Corlett
December 1, 2023
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

House Public Health Policy Committee Written Proponent Testimony on HB 190

Community Solutions Team
November 15, 2023
Maternal & Infant Health
Public testimony

October 11: House Public Health Policy Committee

Community Solutions Team
October 11, 2023