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Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth

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

John R. Corlett
August 23, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
COVID-19
Workforce

Ohio Works First Program Considered Last During COVID-19

Community Solutions Team
August 23, 2021
Medicaid
Article
Workforce

Feds reject Ohio's Medicaid work requirement program

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
August 16, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Data

Latest Maternal Morbidity Report Reveals Maternal Health Crisis Worsening

Tara Britton
August 16, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy
State Budget

Community engagement on American Rescue Plan Act dollars vary widely across the county

Will Tarter
July 30, 2021
Article
Consulting
Data

Learn and Share! Lorain County Racial Equity Data

Emily Campbell
July 28, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
Workforce

Webinar: Funding for Workforce Development in Cuyahoga County

Eboney Thornton
July 23, 2021
Article
Consulting
Food Insecurity

Racial Disparities in Lorain County

Emily Campbell
July 21, 2021
Article
State Budget

A Reflection on My First State Budget

Community Solutions Team
July 19, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Ohioans Across the State to Continue Receiving Extra Hunger Assistance, Helping Families and Economic Recovery

Emily Campbell
July 16, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

July 15: Community Solutions' USDA Racial Equity Comments

Community Solutions Team
July 14, 2021
Research

Cuyahoga County Business Survey Results

Emily Campbell
July 13, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Doulas

Call the Midwife!

Eboney Thornton
July 12, 2021
Article
State Budget

State Budget Reflection

Tara Britton
July 12, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Workforce

Funding for Workforce Development in Cuyahoga County

Community Solutions Team
July 6, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Recommendations to improve customer service for Ohio’s EBT customers

Community Solutions Team
July 6, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
Disability
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT
State Budget

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

John R. Corlett
July 1, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Need to address college student hunger gains well-deserved attention and momentum

Community Solutions Team
June 28, 2021
Article

Redistricting in Ohio: What has Happened and What is Next?

Community Solutions Team
June 28, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
SNAP P-EBT EBT

SNAP already employs strong anti-fraud measures to ensure program integrity

Community Solutions Team
June 21, 2021
Article

Racial equity and reparations are good for everyone

Community Solutions Team
June 18, 2021
Article

Ohio and Juneteenth

Will Tarter
June 17, 2021
Medicaid
Public testimony
Food Insecurity
Managed Care
SNAP P-EBT EBT
State Budget

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

John R. Corlett
June 17, 2021
Article

Juneteenth’s reemergence

June 15, 2021
Medicaid
Article

Ohio General Assembly Must Protect Procurement, Not Contractor Profits

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
June 14, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Juneteenth: Learning to Walk in the Shoes of Those Who Had None

Community Solutions Team
June 14, 2021
Older Adults
Public testimony
County Policy

June 10, 2021: House Families, Aging & Human Services Committee

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Local Policy

How the Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition is making an impact in the community

Natasha Takyi-Micah
June 7, 2021
Medicaid
Public testimony
Children and Youth
Food Insecurity
OhioRISE
SNAP P-EBT EBT

June 3, 2021: Interested Party Testimony Senate Finance Committee

Community Solutions Team
June 3, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
COVID-19
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Temporary Emergency Hunger Assistance is Buoying Ohio’s Economy

Emily Campbell
June 1, 2021
Article
County Policy
COVID-19

County Executive delivers State of the County address amidst recovery

Will Tarter
May 24, 2021
Behavioral Health
Article
Children and Youth
OhioRISE

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence

Community Solutions Team
May 24, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

An opportunity for Ohio to knock out child hunger this summer

Rachel Cahill
May 23, 2021
Article
Consulting

Community Solutions consulting: Where advocacy and strategy meet

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
May 17, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy

Mixed results for health and human service levies across the state

Emily Campbell
May 17, 2021
Older Adults
Research
COVID-19

How various disparities impact nursing home residents' health across Ohio

Natasha Takyi-Micah
May 10, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Doulas

How midwives help outcomes for women and babies

Natasha Takyi-Micah
May 10, 2021
Article
COVID-19
Data
Local Policy
Workforce

Inability to miss work contributes to vaccine hesitancy and likely, lower vaccination rates

Community Solutions Team
May 10, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Public testimony

May 5, 2021: Testimony Ohio Senate Health Committee

Community Solutions Team
May 5, 2021
Article

Previous Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award Winners

Community Solutions Team
May 1, 2021
Medicaid
Article
OhioRISE

OhioRISE

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Doulas

How are midwives regulated in Ohio?

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
April 26, 2021
Medicaid
Article

Webinar: Virtual Medicaid Institute

Community Solutions Team
April 23, 2021
Medicaid
Research

Prescription for price: Pharmacy reform in Ohio Medicaid

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
April 19, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Doulas

What is a midwife?

Community Solutions Team
April 19, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

Public transit funding, cut in initial DeWine proposal, restored by General Assembly

Will Tarter
April 19, 2021
Article
Data

Handful of health and social services levies on May ballot

Emily Campbell
April 19, 2021
Medicaid
Article

Big step forward for Ohio Medicaid, but more to come

John R. Corlett
April 19, 2021
Research
Children and Youth
COVID-19
Data

Child abuse and neglect referrals are down - but that is not good news

Emily Muttillo
April 19, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Local Policy

Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee approves homeless services contracts

Will Tarter
March 29, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Ohio SNAP program maintains strong anti-fraud protections

Rachel Cahill
March 29, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Benefit Cliff

Benefit cliff webinar questions and answers

Emily Campbell
March 29, 2021
Article
COVID-19

Hate has no place in the fight against COVID-19

John R. Corlett
March 15, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
State Budget

Maternal and infant health remains top priority in state budget

Natasha Takyi-Micah
March 15, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
COVID-19
TANF

When will I get my stimulus check? And other questions about the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Community Solutions Team
March 13, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19
State Budget

Budget priority: Improving safety-net services

Community Solutions Team
March 8, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19
Data

The COVID recession: A tale of two recoveries

Emily Campbell
March 8, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
Children and Youth
OhioRISE

March 4, 2021: Testimony Ohio House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

Tara Britton
March 4, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Webinar: SNAP College Student Eligibility

Community Solutions Team
March 4, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Public testimony

March 3: Ohio House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

Community Solutions Team
March 3, 2021
Article
State Budget

Effective and efficient testimony 101

Community Solutions Team
March 1, 2021
Article

Webinar: Health and Human Services 101

Community Solutions Team
March 1, 2021
Article
COVID-19
State Budget

Engaging in the state budget process in a virtual world

Tara Britton
March 1, 2021
Article
State Budget

State budget committee process

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
March 1, 2021
Medicaid
Article
COVID-19

Federally Qualified Health Centers key to racial equity in COVID-19 vaccine access

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
February 25, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
SNAP P-EBT EBT

February 24: Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee

Community Solutions Team
February 24, 2021
Behavioral Health
Article

The devaluation of oneself: Dealing with imposter syndrome in the Black community

Natasha Takyi-Micah
February 22, 2021
Older Adults
Research
County Policy

Cuyahoga County: Preparing for an Aging Future

Will Tarter
February 22, 2021
Behavioral Health
Research
Children and Youth
OhioRISE

What is OhioRISE?

Community Solutions Team
February 22, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Benefit Cliff

Friday Webinar: The Benefit Cliff

Community Solutions Team
February 19, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth

Access Denied: The impact of Cleveland’s digital divide on students

Eboney Thornton
February 16, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony
COVID-19

February 10, 2021: Memorandum: Increasing college student retention during the COVID-19 pandemic through SNAP access

Community Solutions Team
February 10, 2021
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Fertility and fibroids: The other side of Black reproductive health

Community Solutions Team
February 8, 2021
Article
Children and Youth
COVID-19
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Friday Webinar: Rebooting Pandemic-EBT for the 2020-2021 School Year

Community Solutions Team
February 5, 2021
Medicaid
Article
State Budget

eFMAP: How Ohio Found its Way Out of a Budget Hole

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
February 3, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19
State Budget

Governor DeWine introduces 2022-23 executive budget

Tara Britton
February 2, 2021
Article
COVID-19
Data

Vaccinations in Ohio surpass COVID-19 cases

Community Solutions Team
February 2, 2021
Article

The Audacity to Vote!

Community Solutions Team
February 1, 2021
Behavioral Health
Article
OhioRISE

Ohio’s Multi-System Youth Coalition

Community Solutions Team
February 1, 2021
Medicaid
Article
Children and Youth

Return on investment: Medicaid’s impact on kids

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
January 29, 2021
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Five takeaways: Ending the HIV epidemic requires changes both large and small

Emily Campbell
January 25, 2021
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