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Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Data
Local Policy

Poverty Speaks 2019: Making tough choices

Emily Campbell
August 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Data
Local Policy

Poverty Speaks 2019: Climbing out of poverty

Emily Campbell
August 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

State Budgeting Matters Podcast: Budget wrap-up

Community Solutions Team
August 5, 2019
Behavioral Health
Article
Children and Youth
Data

Toxic stress linked to risky teen behaviors, poor health outcomes new local data shows

Community Solutions Team
August 5, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Data
State Budget

Improving data reporting and transparency of data improves but more work left to do

Tara Britton
July 29, 2019
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

New HIV service eligibility rules will help more Ohioans

Community Solutions Team
July 29, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
SNAP P-EBT EBT

How proposed USDA rule could affect SNAP eligibility in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
July 29, 2019
Research

State Budgeting Matters: Ohio's 2020-2021 budget

Community Solutions Team
July 18, 2019
Medicaid
Article
State Budget

One waiver out, one waiver in

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
State Budget

Ohio’s budget codifies the pregnancy associated mortality review committee

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Older Adults
Article
State Budget

State budget adds Adult Protective Services increase

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
OhioRISE

State makes significant investment in Multi-System Youth

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Article
County Policy

Understanding the Cuyahoga County levy calendar

Will Tarter
July 8, 2019
Behavioral Health
Article
OhioRISE
State Budget

Budget offers hope for Ohio's multi-system youth and their families

Community Solutions Team
July 8, 2019
Behavioral Health
Research
Workforce

Woodruff Foundation explores behavioral health workforce challenges

Community Solutions Team
July 1, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Public testimony

Letter to Conference Committee on House Bill 166, Written by John Corlett

Community Solutions Team
June 24, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
TANF
Workforce

Testimony for the House Civil Justice Committee, Tara Britton testimony

Tara Britton
June 18, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Workforce

Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee Awards Workforce Development Contracts

Community Solutions Team
June 14, 2019
Article
Criminal + Legal

Securing Stability: Legal Aid's Lasting Impact

Community Solutions Team
June 13, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

The Senate budget is out, what does it mean for health and human services?

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Poverty waits in long, cold lines

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Greater Cleveland Foodbank present to county committee

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Testimony for the House Health Committee, Interested party testimony Tara Britton

Tara Britton
June 4, 2019
Older Adults
Article

Conference on Black Aging Reconvened After 10-Year Hiatus

Community Solutions Team
June 3, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Advocates for Ohio's Future
Criminal + Legal

Solutions that chip away at racial disparities in criminal justice

Community Solutions Team
May 28, 2019
Behavioral Health
Public testimony
Children and Youth
OhioRISE

Testimony for the Senate Finance Committee on Custody Relinquishment and Multi-System Youth, Gayle Channing-Tenebaum Testimony

Community Solutions Team
May 28, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Harm Reduction

Syringe services programs in two more Ohio counties

Community Solutions Team
May 20, 2019
Behavioral Health
Research
Harm Reduction

Number of Ohio Syringe Services programs triple since 2016

Community Solutions Team
May 17, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
Children and Youth

Testimony for the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Medicaid On Custody relinquishment and Multi-System Youth

Community Solutions Team
May 15, 2019
Medicaid
Public testimony

Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health and Medicaid, Ohio Medicaid, Loren Anthes testimony

Community Solutions Team
May 14, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
State Budget

State Budgeting Matters Podcast: Putting the mother back into maternal health

Community Solutions Team
May 10, 2019
Medicaid
Public testimony
State Budget

Testimony on House’s initial budget proposals, Loren Anthes

Community Solutions Team
May 6, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Public testimony
Data
State Budget

Testimony on House’s initial budget proposals, Tara Britton

Tara Britton
May 6, 2019
Older Adults
Research

Budget Priorities: Adult Protective Services

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2019
Older Adults
Research
State Budget

Budget Priorities: Adult Protective Services

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2019
Older Adults
Article
Data
Disability

What does Ohio legislative district data tell us about older adults and people with disabilities?

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2019
Article
State Budget

Human services agency directors testify before Senate Finance Committee

Community Solutions Team
April 26, 2019
Medicaid
Article
Children and Youth

The Chopping Block: How Medicaid Block Grants Will Create Access Problems for Ohio’s Kids

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy

Emergency assistance services contract focus of county health, human services and aging committee

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
Article
Data

Where’s the data? A look at data collection among the LGBTQ community

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Data

Tracking data on maternal mortality and morbidity should be a priority in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
April 15, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Criminal + Legal

Where is the justice? Addressing racial disparities in the juvenile justice system

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Medicaid
Research
Managed Care

Engineering outcomes: Managed care and value-based design in Ohio Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Article
State Budget

Transportation budget gains bi-partisan approval, Governor’s signature

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Medicaid
Public testimony
Disability
Managed Care

Testimony for the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Loren Anthes

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Behavioral Health
Public testimony
Children and Youth
OhioRISE

Testimony for the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services On Custody Relinquishment and Multi-System Youth

Community Solutions Team
April 4, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Maternal health in Ohio listening session hosted by Minority Leader Emilia Sykes

Tara Britton
March 27, 2019
Article
State Budget

Community Solutions' Budget Priorities

Community Solutions Team
March 26, 2019
Medicaid
Article
State Budget

Medicaid Director highlights “realistic” budget approach, including no new rate increases

Community Solutions Team
March 25, 2019
Article
State Budget

Transportation budget passes Ohio Senate

Community Solutions Team
March 25, 2019
Article
State Budget

State Budgeting Matters: The podcast

Community Solutions Team
March 22, 2019
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Why the London Patient matters: What does a second HIV 'cure' mean?

Community Solutions Team
March 18, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

A first look at health and human services in Governor Mike DeWine's budget

Tara Britton
March 18, 2019
Medicaid
Article
Workforce

Medicaid work requirements: Why transparency is needed in Ohio's eligibility waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 15, 2019
Article
State Budget

The Ohio budget process

Tara Britton
March 15, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Homelessness
Workforce

Family health, homeless services contracts focus of Cuyahoga County HHSA Meeting

Community Solutions Team
March 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
County Policy

MetroHealth Receives Health Care Contract for Kids in Cuyahoga County Custody

Community Solutions Team
March 4, 2019
Article
State Budget

Ohio Transportation Funding 101

Community Solutions Team
February 26, 2019
Article

Undesign the Redline: Remembering Judge Frederick Coleman

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Local Policy

Addressing racial disparities in childhood: Opportunities in education

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Bridging the SNAP gap: How Ohio is mitigating the federal shutdown’s lingering impact on food assistance

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Older Adults
Article
Children and Youth
Local Policy

A lifetime of lead exposure

Community Solutions Team
February 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Implementing a trauma-informed approach in public assistance programs

Community Solutions Team
February 11, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Eliminating racial disparities in infant mortality

Community Solutions Team
February 4, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Driver’s license suspensions disproportionately impact poor Ohioans

Community Solutions Team
January 28, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Workforce

Workforce Training the focus of first HHSA meeting of 2019

Community Solutions Team
January 28, 2019
Article
Data
Workforce

Government shutdown: How federal workers impact Ohio’s economy

Emily Campbell
January 22, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Extreme consequences across Ohio if SNAP benefits not funded

Community Solutions Team
January 22, 2019
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Founder of Undetectable = Untransmittable Campaign to speak in Cleveland

Julie Patterson
January 18, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Benefit Cliff

Ohio community groups face challenges helping needy Ohioans navigate new benefits system

Community Solutions Team
January 14, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Research
Children and Youth

Trauma, Toxic Stress and Impact: Defining Adverse Childhood Experiences

Community Solutions Team
January 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Racial Disparities

Community Solutions Team
December 6, 2018
Medicaid
Research

The $44,000 Question: Examining Disengaged Youth in Cuyahoga County

Emily Campbell
December 3, 2018
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

AFC announces Julie Patterson as new director

John R. Corlett
November 26, 2018
Medicaid
Research

From Point A to Point B: Transportation as a Social Determinant in Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
October 22, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

18 Questions for the 2018 Election

Community Solutions Team
October 1, 2018
Research

Interactive Comprehensive Health Education Map

Community Solutions Team
September 24, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

How are Cuyahoga County schools teaching sex education?

Community Solutions Team
September 24, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cleveland is dead last in child poverty

Emily Campbell
September 17, 2018
Article

Census numbers: Child poverty persists in many parts of Ohio

Community Solutions Team
September 17, 2018
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We make data digestible. Community Solutions produces fact sheets highlighting demographic, health, and social indicators for communities around Ohio. We examine data indicators within poverty, education, employment, income, health outcomes, and public benefit programs. Policymakers and direct service organizations use this resource to better understand the communities they serve and advocate for improved health and social conditions around the state.

Federal Congressional Districts in Ohio

These fact sheets explore demographics, economic stability, food security, housing, education and employment, health, and funding sources in each of Ohio's 15 Federal Congressional Districts. Data from 2025.

Medicaid in Ohio by County

More than 25 percent of Ohio's population receives health care coverage from Medicaid. These fact sheets explore those covered populations, work requirements, and the potential for coverage loss if policy or funding changes are made to the program. Data released 2025.

Cleveland Wards

City of Cleveland Ward fact sheets highlight pre-pandemic demographic, health, and social indicators in the City of Cleveland. The fact sheets include basic demographic information about each neighborhood and pre-pandemic data on employment and income, poverty, education, housing and health. Data released 2021 and 2022.

Ohio Legislative Districts

By matching Census block groups with the boundaries of Ohio’s new legislative districts, then to data points from the U.S. Census Bureau, we created fact sheets for each of the 132 legislative districts. Fact sheets include demographic information about each district, as well as district-level data on employment and income, poverty, education, housing, and health. Data released in 2023.

Geauga County Municipalities

These fact sheets and data profiles highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the cities, townships, and villages of Geauga County. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each Municipality on employment and income, poverty, education, housing, and health. Data released in 2024.

Lake County Municipalities

These fact sheets and data profiles highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the cities, townships, and villages of Lake County. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each Municipality on employment and income, poverty, education, housing, and health. Data released in 2024.