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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
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

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
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
Human Services Chamber

Cuyahoga Human Services Chamber and an exciting first year

Annette Iwamoto
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act

American Rescue Plan Act: From lessons learned to sustained equity

Kyle Thompson
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
County Policy
State Budget
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

No SNAP November?

Emily Muttillo
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Julie Patterson receives the Marilyn Kuczynski Faith & Strength Award

Emily Campbell
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Local Policy
County Policy

Meet the honorees from Celebration 2024

Madison Van Epps
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

Fifty-four health and human service levies pass in November

Kyle Thompson
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

The next Ohio budget cycle has officially begun

Dylan Armstrong
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative
LGBTQ+

PrEP Navigation and HIV Prevention certification reimbursement

Julie Patterson
Article
LGBTQ+
AIDS Funding Collaborative

PrEP Navigation and HIV Prevention Certification reimbursement opportunities

Julie Patterson
Article
Racial Equity

10 songs for Black Music Month

Kyle Thompson
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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.

Cleveland Wards 2026

Cleveland Ward fact sheets and data profiles highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the new 15 wards in Cleveland. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each ward on employment and income, poverty, education, housing and health. This is the first analysis available for Cleveland's revised wards, now 15 from the prior 17. Data released 2025.

Cleveland Wards 2022

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. Updated with new ward configuration in 2026.

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. Check out the interactive worksheet.

Cuyahoga County Council Districts

Cuyahoga Council District fact sheets highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the City of Cleveland. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each district on employment and income, poverty, education, housing, and health. Data released 2017 and 2024.

Cleveland Neighborhoods

City of Cleveland Neighborhoods fact sheets and data profiles highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the City of Cleveland. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each neighborhood on employment and income, poverty, education, housing and health. Data released in 2016, 2021, and 2024.

Cuyahoga County Municipalities

These fact sheets and data profiles highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the cities, townships, and villages of Cuyahoga 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 2018 and 2024.