Poverty & Safety Net

Hunger, public benefits, and tax policies impact Ohio families and their ability to thrive. We lead in research and data analysis on policy, economics, and shifting demographics. Strengthening the health and human services safety net by identifying the needs that can reduce poverty.

Type
Poverty & Safety Net
Events

State Budget Training for FY2026-27

Tara Britton
December 10, 2024

Search

Poverty & Safety Net
Article

HHSA Considers Homelessness Services and Child Support

Will Tarter
March 21, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Unwinding Emergency Pandemic Supports

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

Official Poverty Calculations fail to capture families’ true economic situations

Emily Campbell
February 28, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Policy Change Can Reduce Benefit Cliffs and Incentivize Work

Emily Campbell
February 22, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Community Solutions Team
February 21, 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

Data without context can be dangerous

Alex Dorman
January 31, 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

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

Eboney Thornton
January 24, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Emily Campbell
January 3, 2022
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

HHSA Committee Extends Guardianship Contract with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries

Will Tarter
November 29, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

November 18: Interested Party Testimony on HB428

Eboney Thornton
November 18, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Exploring the Thrifty Food Plan: A SNAP Shopping Experiment

Alex Dorman
October 25, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Tracking of American Rescue Plan Spending Underway

Community Solutions Team
October 18, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Safety Net in the Latest State Budget

Community Solutions Team
October 18, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Helping young refugees find their voices

Community Solutions Team
October 4, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Decline in Supplemental Poverty Measure Shows Positive Effect of Pandemic Economic Stimulus

Community Solutions Team
September 20, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net

Cleveland Neighborhoods 2021

Community Solutions Team
September 15, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Dear Mayor, How Will You Help Our Neighbors Living in Poverty?

Community Solutions Team
September 7, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Frequently Asked Questions about using SNAP online

Community Solutions Team
August 30, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Navigating Pandemic EBT

Emily Muttillo
August 30, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Ohio Works First Program Considered Last During COVID-19

Community Solutions Team
August 23, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Ohio’s Cash Assistance Program Fails to Meet Ongoing Need

Community Solutions Team
August 23, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Webinar: Funding for Workforce Development in Cuyahoga County

Eboney Thornton
July 23, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

July 15: Community Solutions' USDA Racial Equity Comments

Community Solutions Team
July 14, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Recommendations to improve customer service for Ohio’s EBT customers

Community Solutions Team
July 6, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Funding for Workforce Development in Cuyahoga County

Community Solutions Team
July 6, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

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

John R. Corlett
July 1, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Community Solutions Team
June 28, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Community Solutions Team
June 21, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Community Solutions Team
June 14, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

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

Natasha Takyi-Micah
June 7, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Temporary Emergency Hunger Assistance is Buoying Ohio’s Economy

Emily Campbell
June 1, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

An opportunity for Ohio to knock out child hunger this summer

Rachel Cahill
May 23, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Mixed results for health and human service levies across the state

Emily Campbell
May 17, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Benefit cliff webinar questions and answers

Emily Campbell
March 29, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Ohio SNAP program maintains strong anti-fraud protections

Rachel Cahill
March 29, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee approves homeless services contracts

Will Tarter
March 29, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

The COVID recession: A tale of two recoveries

Emily Campbell
March 8, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Budget priority: Improving safety-net services

Community Solutions Team
March 8, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Webinar: SNAP College Student Eligibility

Community Solutions Team
March 4, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

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

Tara Britton
March 4, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

February 24: Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee

Community Solutions Team
February 24, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Friday Webinar: The Benefit Cliff

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

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

Eboney Thornton
February 16, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Governor DeWine introduces 2022-23 executive budget

Tara Britton
February 2, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Paying someone else’s mortgage: Many Black Americans struggle to own a home

Community Solutions Team
January 19, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Ohio plans to extend Pandemic EBT program for remainder of 2020-2021 school year

Rachel Cahill
January 11, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

SNAP online food purchasing expands

Community Solutions Team
January 11, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Racial disparities extend to unemployment in Ohio

Emily Campbell
January 4, 2021
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

What to watch for heading into Ohio’s next state budget

Community Solutions Team
December 14, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cuyahoga County Executive and Council to spend remaining CARES Act dollars

Community Solutions Team
December 7, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

$1.2 million to help local restaurants. 28,450 COVID-19 cases, 716 deaths

Community Solutions Team
December 7, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Prioritize Customer Needs in Ohio Benefits System

Community Solutions Team
November 16, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Health and human service levies received bi-partisan support across the state

Emily Campbell
November 5, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Budish: Record mail, early vote in Cuyahoga County, how to report voter intimidation

Community Solutions Team
November 1, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Ohio’s COVID-19 vaccine plan

Community Solutions Team
October 28, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Ohio working families face benefit cliffs and plateaus

Emily Campbell
October 26, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Budish administration makes major decision on remaining $100 million of CARES Act funds

Community Solutions Team
October 23, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

New Groundwork Ohio report advocates for lead safe child care facilities

Community Solutions Team
October 23, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

HHSA Committee approves contracts, hears about effect of pandemic on homeless

Community Solutions Team
October 6, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cleveland is now the poorest big city in the country

Emily Campbell
September 21, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Last year, income increased and poverty decreased, but what about 2020?

Community Solutions Team
September 21, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Ohio approved for second round of Pandemic-EBT benefits for 490,000 school children

Rachel Cahill
September 15, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Federal COVID-19 grant funding to Ohio

Community Solutions Team
September 8, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition is one step closer to making Cleveland lead safe

Community Solutions Team
August 25, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Struggling Ohioans need relief, not shame

Community Solutions Team
August 3, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee approves emergency assistance contracts in June meetings

Community Solutions Team
July 13, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

June 26 Friday Webinar: How COVID-19 has impacted child care

Community Solutions Team
June 26, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Building a just community by giving voices to people at the margins

Community Solutions Team
June 22, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Congresswomen Marcia Fudge headlines HSAN on food insecurity

Community Solutions Team
June 20, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

APS: Seven counties revisited during the COVID19 pandemic

Emily Muttillo
June 15, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Budget cuts in Ohio, which HHS agencies are affected?

Tara Britton
June 8, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

May 29 Friday Webinar: COVID-19, housing and the homeless

Community Solutions Team
May 29, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Considerations about remote services in the COVID-19 pandemic

Community Solutions Team
May 26, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

County to provide wifi hotspots to 1,000, virtual job fair coming in June

Community Solutions Team
May 18, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Grocery shopping alternatives are great, unless you have SNAP

Community Solutions Team
May 11, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cuyahoga County announces more small business grant money, more money for testing

Community Solutions Team
May 8, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

The ever-expanding role of the American educator

Community Solutions Team
May 5, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Friday webinar series recap: How counties & case workers are responding to COVID-19

Community Solutions Team
May 5, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Congregate living in the time of COVID-19

Community Solutions Team
April 24, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

April 22: Letter to the Ohio Congressional Delegation

John R. Corlett
April 22, 2020
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Subscribe to our newsletter

5 Things you need to know arrives on Mondays with the latest articles, events, and advocacy developments in Ohio