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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
Article

60 or 65? How old is old?

Community Solutions Team
September 17, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Strategic review of Medicaid Part three

Community Solutions Team
September 4, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Strategic review of Medicaid Part three

Community Solutions Team
September 4, 2018
Research

Interactive strategic review of Medicaid: Part two

Community Solutions Team
August 27, 2018
Research

Interactive strategic review of Medicaid: Part one

Community Solutions Team
August 20, 2018
Research

The State of Sex Ed

Community Solutions Team
July 23, 2018
Article

Board reunion conversation focused on what is “Leadership”

Community Solutions Team
July 9, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Crunching the Numbers: Data and Platforming Value in Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
June 25, 2018
Research

Adult Protective Services: Case Study of Seven Counties

Community Solutions Team
June 18, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Public Comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Making the Grade: Education and Medicaid in Ohio and Beyond

Community Solutions Team
June 11, 2018
Older Adults
Research

Family and Youth in Crisis, How Ohio's Identifying and Funding the Population

Community Solutions Team
June 3, 2018
Research

By the Numbers

Community Solutions Team
May 24, 2018
Article

New HIV Prevention Resources Coming to Northeast Ohio

Community Solutions Team
May 21, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Children and Youth

Wraparound Services for Young People in Poverty: Taking a Look at CCMEP with New Program Data

Community Solutions Team
May 14, 2018
Older Adults
Research
County Policy

Hungry for Policy: A Deeper Dive on Older Adults

Community Solutions Team
April 30, 2018
Maternal & Infant Health
Research

Putting the “Mother” Back into Maternal and Infant Health

Tara Britton
April 30, 2018
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

AIDS Funding Collaborative Community Briefing

Julie Patterson
April 16, 2018
Medicaid
Public testimony

Public Testimony to the Ohio Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee on HB 50

Community Solutions Team
April 10, 2018
Behavioral Health
Article

Addressing Childhood Trauma to Create Positive Outcomes

Community Solutions Team
April 2, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Poverty: When one age group is different from the rest

Community Solutions Team
March 29, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Medicaid Work Requirement Waiver Analysis: Budget Neutrality

Community Solutions Team
March 13, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Public Comments to the Ohio Department of Medicaid on the Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement Waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 12, 2018
Medicaid
Public testimony
Workforce

Testimony: Group VIII Work Requirement and Community Engagement 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 3, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
State Budget

Adult Protective Services: Providing Context in an Aging State

Community Solutions Team
February 16, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

The State of the Cuyahoga County Budget: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Will Tarter
February 13, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Medicaid Experiments: An Overview of Potential Waivers in Ohio

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
February 1, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Substance Use Prevention in Ohio: Programs, Policies, and Funding to Target Addiction Before it Starts

Community Solutions Team
November 16, 2017
Maternal & Infant Health
Research

A Preview of the 2018-2019 Cuyahoga County Biennial Budget

Will Tarter
October 6, 2017
Research

Housing and Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
September 18, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
State Budget

State Budget, As Enacted: Ohio Departments of Aging, Developmental Disabilities, & Job and Family Services

Community Solutions Team
August 2, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

2018-2019 State Budget, As Enacted: Ohio Departments of Medicaid and Health

Community Solutions Team
August 1, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

2018-2019 State Budget, As Enacted: Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Community Solutions Team
July 31, 2017
Research

Low Birth Weight and Prematurity in Ohio: A Multivariate Analysis

Community Solutions Team
July 7, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

2018-2019 State Budget, Senate Budget: Ohio Departments of Medicaid and Health

Community Solutions Team
June 23, 2017
Maternal & Infant Health
Research

Fighting Food Insecurity Among Older Adults: Ohio’s Home-delivered and Congregate Meals

Community Solutions Team
May 30, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

2018-2019 State Budget, House Passed: The Ohio Department of Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
May 17, 2017
Medicaid
Research

Ohio Seniors Missing Out On $50 Million in Hunger Aid

Community Solutions Team
May 13, 2017
Research

Get to know the Health and Human Services Levy

Will Tarter
April 1, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

2018-2019 State Budget, As Introduced: The Ohio Department of Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
March 30, 2017
Research

Common Ground: How Do We Quantify Community Need?

Emily Campbell
March 20, 2017
Research

Common Ground: A New Year, A New State Budget

Tara Britton
January 12, 2017
Older Adults
Research

A New Approach to Financing Medicaid?

Community Solutions Team
December 7, 2016
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Big City Problems in Ohio’s Small Towns

John R. Corlett
November 10, 2016
Medicaid
Research

Birth Outcomes in Ohio, 2010‐2014

Community Solutions Team
November 7, 2016
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
State Budget

Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program: Ohio Moving Forward

Community Solutions Team
October 3, 2016
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Ending Welfare As We Knew It

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

Human Services 101: A Straightforward Guide to the Social Services in Ohio

Emily Campbell
June 30, 2016
Maternal & Infant Health
Research

Aging Ohio: The Impact of Demographic Change on State Fiscal Policy

Tara Britton
October 22, 2014
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
Food Insecurity

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

Kyle Thompson
May 22, 2005
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Julie Patterson receives the Marilyn Kuczynski Faith & Strength Award

Emily Campbell
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