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Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
Local Policy

Cleveland Proposes Spending Plan for $102M in ARPA Funds

Community Solutions Team
September 5, 2022
Article

Unpacking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Kyle Thompson
September 5, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Local Policy
Workforce

Yes, people DO want to work: workforce development in Buckeye-Woodhill

Zulma Zabala
September 5, 2022
Article

Welcome Suzanna Thiese to Community Solutions

Emily Muttillo
August 29, 2022
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
COVID-19

What Can Ohio Learn from ARPA input Processes in Other States?

Kyle Thompson
August 29, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Local Policy

Housing Burden vs. Home Bliss: a chance for stability in Buckeye-Woodhill

Zulma Zabala
August 1, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
Local Policy

Greater Cleveland American Rescue Plan Coalition Releases Policy Asks

Community Solutions Team
August 1, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
WIC

ARPA Funding is an Opportunity to Improve OhioWIC

Community Solutions Team
July 25, 2022
Article

Driving scared – Is your town a Sundown Town?

Community Solutions Team
July 25, 2022
Article

Kyle Thompson joins the Policy Team at Community Solutions

Community Solutions Team
July 18, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

How to be a more prepared, patient, and joyful voter

Eboney Thornton
July 18, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Data

White House releases Blueprint to Address the Maternal Health Crisis

Tara Britton
July 18, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article
OhioRISE

The Role of Care Management Entities in OhioRISE

Community Solutions Team
July 11, 2022
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy
COVID-19
Local Policy

Infant Mortality, Domestic Violence, Housing, Workforce, Parks, and More Being Considered by Cleveland City Council for ARPA Funds

Community Solutions Team
July 11, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

New Pandemic EBT changes boost food security for Ohio’s children

Rachel Cahill
July 4, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article
OhioRISE

OhioRISE program goes live

Tara Britton
July 4, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
COVID-19
Local Policy

Cleveland’s Chief Strategy Officer Bradford Davy Discusses Mayor Bibb’s ARPA Process

Community Solutions Team
July 4, 2022
Article
County Policy
Criminal + Legal

HSAN: The Cuyahoga County Diversion Center: Past, Present, and Future

Eboney Thornton
June 28, 2022
Older Adults
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Engaging on ageism in the LGBT community

Community Solutions Team
June 27, 2022
Older Adults
Article
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Not So Golden Years: Listening to Ohio’s Hungry Older Adults

Community Solutions Team
June 27, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
SNAP P-EBT EBT

New Ohio SNAP vendor and three ways to improve EBT service

Rachel Cahill
June 20, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Race appears to be the greatest determinant of child poverty in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
June 20, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Poverty in the LGBTQ Community; Ohio and Nationally

John R. Corlett
June 20, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Local Policy

What it takes to become lead-safe certified

Natasha Takyi-Micah
June 13, 2022
Older Adults
Article
County Policy
Data

Population Changes in Cleveland’s Outer Ring Suburbs

Emily Muttillo
June 13, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Juneteenth, slavery, and the origins of health disparities

Community Solutions Team
June 13, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

There is no Other anymore

Zulma Zabala
June 6, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Prioritize Black and brown women when addressing maternal mortality and morbidity

Tara Britton
May 31, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy

Final Federal ARPA Rules Give Cuyahoga County Greater Flexibility in Spending the Funds

Community Solutions Team
May 31, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Giving voices to people at the margins

Community Solutions Team
May 30, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy

Cuyahoga County Council Member Miller First to Outline Process for Requesting ARPA Funds

John R. Corlett
May 23, 2022
Article
Children and Youth
Consulting

Register Here! Virtual Discussions about Children's Health

Emily Campbell
May 23, 2022
Article

Community Solutions has moved!

Community Solutions Team
May 23, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy

Greater Cleveland American Rescue Plan Coalition Hears from Local Leaders at First Public Meeting

Community Solutions Team
May 23, 2022
Article
County Policy

HHSA Committee extends homeless service contract with LMM

Will Tarter
May 23, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Public testimony
Doulas

May 19, 2022: House Bill 496, Families, Aging & Human Services Committee on Midwives and Maternal Health

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
May 19, 2022
Article

One primary election still to go: what do we know?

Community Solutions Team
May 16, 2022
Medicaid
Article
Benefit Cliff
COVID-19

Bridging the COVID Cliff: preparing for the Public Health Emergency Unwind, watch webinar

Community Solutions Team
May 9, 2022
Older Adults
Article
County Policy
Data
Local Policy

Population Changes in Cleveland’s Inner Ring Suburbs

Emily Muttillo
May 2, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
WIC

Barriers to accessing and navigating OhioWIC: user experiences can inform improvements

Community Solutions Team
May 2, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article

Racism as a Public Health Crisis: Mental Health Pipeline

Eboney Thornton
April 25, 2022
Article
County Policy
Data

Measuring Racial Segregation in Cuyahoga County

Community Solutions Team
April 18, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19
Food Insecurity
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Public Health Emergency Unwind: Nutrition

Community Solutions Team
April 11, 2022
Article
County Policy
COVID-19
Local Policy
State Budget

Greater Cleveland Area Organizations Seek to Build Human Capital Through Ohio’s Capital Budget

John R. Corlett
April 11, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article
OhioRISE

Prevention services and systems of care key to implementing OhioRISE

Community Solutions Team
April 4, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Exploring the Digital Divide in Ohio

Alex Dorman
April 4, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Impact of Ohio Substitute House Bill 327 on Non-Profit Organizations

John R. Corlett
April 4, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19

Public Health Emergency Unwind: What’s going on with student loans?

Tara Britton
March 28, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
COVID-19
WIC

Lessons of Two Years of COVID-19: Impacts of an Offline System for WIC Beneficiaries in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
March 21, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
County Policy
Homelessness

HHSA Considers Homelessness Services and Child Support

Will Tarter
March 21, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy

Poverty data for 2016-2020 shows mixed results for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County

Emily Campbell
March 21, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy
COVID-19
Local Policy

What’s Going on with ARPA in Greater Cleveland?

Community Solutions Team
March 21, 2022
Medicaid
Article
COVID-19

Unwinding the Public Health Emergency: Ohio Medicaid

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
March 14, 2022
Older Adults
Article
COVID-19

Getting older and getting connected

Emily Muttillo
March 7, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
COVID-19

Unwinding Emergency Pandemic Supports

Community Solutions Team
March 7, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
Data

Official Poverty Calculations fail to capture families’ true economic situations

Emily Campbell
February 28, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Benefit Cliff
Workforce

Policy Change Can Reduce Benefit Cliffs and Incentivize Work

Emily Campbell
February 22, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
WIC

WIC promotes racial equity, reduces infant mortality, and increases use of preventive health care

Community Solutions Team
February 21, 2022
Article
Children and Youth
Consulting

Children's Health Stakeholder Roundtables

Emily Campbell
February 18, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article
OhioRISE

Sign up for OhioRISE updates, listening sessions and training

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
February 7, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Higher education shouldn't be a lifetime sentence to debt

Community Solutions Team
February 7, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

The Menthol Movement: How Tobacco Became a Racial Justice Issue

Community Solutions Team
January 31, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Data
Local Policy

Data without context can be dangerous

Alex Dorman
January 31, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

More than just a refund: EITC helps lift people from poverty

Eboney Thornton
January 24, 2022
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act

New guidance to implement 12 months of postpartum Medicaid coverage, up from 60 days

Tara Britton
January 24, 2022
Behavioral Health
Article
County Policy

Cuyahoga County Finalizes 2022-2023 Biennial Budget

Will Tarter
January 18, 2022
Article
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
County Policy
Local Policy

Kate Warren appointed Director of Greater Cleveland ARP Council

John R. Corlett
January 18, 2022
Article
Consulting
Data

Community Solutions Consulting: 2021 in review

Emily Campbell
January 10, 2022
Medicaid
Article
COVID-19
State Budget

Vaccination efforts in Ohio have saved Medicaid millions

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
January 10, 2022
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

AFC elects new officers of Advisory Committee

Julie Patterson
January 3, 2022
Article

Taneisha Fair Appointed Research Associate

John R. Corlett
January 3, 2022
Older Adults
Article
County Policy
COVID-19

Council on Older Persons perseveres on policy change during pandemic

Will Tarter
January 3, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth

New Data Shows Ohio Children at Lowest Poverty Rate in 20 Years

Emily Campbell
January 3, 2022
Article
County Policy

HSAN: The Importance of Knowing Racism’s Impact on Public Health Webinar

Eboney Thornton
December 17, 2021
Article
County Policy
Criminal + Legal

Exploring the Justice Gap: the barriers Northeast Ohio residents face in the legal system

Alex Dorman
December 13, 2021
Article
Advocates for Ohio's Future

Advocates for Ohio's Future: A Look Back at 2021

Community Solutions Team
December 13, 2021
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Explore the fact sheets

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

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.

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.

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.

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.