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State Budget Training for FY2026-27

Tara Britton
December 10, 2024

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April 17 Friday Webinar: COVID and Food Access

Community Solutions Team
April 17, 2020
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Letter to Ohio's General Assembly

Community Solutions Team
April 17, 2020
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Coronavirus and child welfare

Community Solutions Team
April 10, 2020
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COVID-19 & Emergency SNAP Allotments: What You Need to Know

Rachel Cahill
April 10, 2020
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Pandemic EBT: What it would provide for Ohio’s school children

Rachel Cahill
April 8, 2020
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SNAP during COVID-19

Community Solutions Team
April 7, 2020
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409 lab-confirmed cases in Cuyahoga County, death total doubles to 8 since Monday

Community Solutions Team
April 1, 2020
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Seeking Unemployment Insurance? Remember to apply for SNAP too.

Rachel Cahill
April 1, 2020
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Cuyahoga County Executive discusses county’s COVID-19 response at City Club forum

Community Solutions Team
March 31, 2020
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VIDEO: Census is important despite, and because of, pandemic

Community Solutions Team
March 30, 2020
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Ohio General Assembly unanimously passes emergency legislation (House Bill 197)

Tara Britton
March 27, 2020
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Cuyahoga County to buy $1 million in PPE, start small business fund

Community Solutions Team
March 27, 2020
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Human Services Advocacy Network webinar attendees hear from Upchurch and Crossman

Community Solutions Team
March 21, 2020
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The census in the season of Coronavirus

Community Solutions Team
March 19, 2020
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How to help your local foodbank during COVID-19

Community Solutions Team
March 18, 2020
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How to get food assistance, unemployment benefits

Community Solutions Team
March 18, 2020
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Primary races, levies on the ballot March 17

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
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How a pandemic affects vulnerable populations

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
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Ohio needs emergency health & human services Coronavirus policy changes

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
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Census Jobs – How might income from a census job impact government assistance eligibility?

Community Solutions Team
March 3, 2020
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MSY action plan sets a path forward

Tara Britton
March 2, 2020
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17 Counties Have Health and Social Services Levies on the Primary Ballot

Emily Campbell
March 2, 2020
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Calling out systemic racial disparities and responding to inequality: What will our legacy be?

Community Solutions Team
February 24, 2020
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Cuyahoga County HHSA committee approves foster children, homeless services contracts

Community Solutions Team
February 24, 2020
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Unequal under the law: State control of social services perpetuates inequality

Community Solutions Team
February 18, 2020
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Minority students and special education

Community Solutions Team
February 10, 2020
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Cuyahoga County HHSA committee approves contracts for foster care and senior services

Community Solutions Team
February 4, 2020
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Homeless services, multi-system youth contracts approved by health and human services committee

Community Solutions Team
January 27, 2020
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SNAP Benefits: Keeping Track of the Proposed Changes

Community Solutions Team
January 27, 2020
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Impact SNAP changes will have on Ohio, Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
January 13, 2020
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The status of Ohio’s women: Access to safety-net family planning service

Community Solutions Team
January 6, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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Racial disparities in Cuyahoga County

Community Solutions Team
December 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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The poorer your neighborhood, the shorter your life

Community Solutions Team
December 4, 2019
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Poverty Speaks 2019: Racial Disparities

Emily Campbell
November 18, 2019
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Ohio latest state to tackle economics of menstruation

Community Solutions Team
November 11, 2019
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Nearly half of all Ohio counties have a health or social service levy on the ballot

Emily Campbell
November 4, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Status of Ohio's women by county

Community Solutions Team
October 15, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Interested party testimony on Senate Bill 165, photos on electronic benefit transfer cards

Community Solutions Team
October 9, 2019
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Cleveland ranks 1-2-3 in poverty

Emily Campbell
September 30, 2019
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What helps poor families? A look at new census data

Emily Campbell
September 16, 2019
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Number of uninsured Ohioans, children climbing

Community Solutions Team
September 10, 2019
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Poverty Speaks 2019: Getting help

Emily Campbell
September 9, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Public testimony

Public Comment for Group VIII Work Requirements and Community Engagement 1115 Waiver

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
August 26, 2019
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Poverty Speaks 2019: Climbing out of poverty

Emily Campbell
August 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Poverty Speaks 2019: Making tough choices

Emily Campbell
August 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Poverty Speaks 2019: Survey of low-income residents in Cuyahoga County

Emily Campbell
August 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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State Budgeting Matters Podcast: Budget wrap-up

Community Solutions Team
August 5, 2019
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How proposed USDA rule could affect SNAP eligibility in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
July 29, 2019
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State makes significant investment in Multi-System Youth

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Testimony for the House Civil Justice Committee, Tara Britton testimony

Tara Britton
June 18, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee Awards Workforce Development Contracts

Community Solutions Team
June 14, 2019
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The Senate budget is out, what does it mean for health and human services?

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2019
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Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Greater Cleveland Foodbank present to county committee

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2019
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Poverty waits in long, cold lines

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Testimony for the House Health Committee, Interested party testimony Tara Britton

Tara Britton
June 4, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Solutions that chip away at racial disparities in criminal justice

Community Solutions Team
May 28, 2019
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Syringe services programs in two more Ohio counties

Community Solutions Team
May 20, 2019
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Emergency assistance services contract focus of county health, human services and aging committee

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
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Where is the justice? Addressing racial disparities in the juvenile justice system

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
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A first look at health and human services in Governor Mike DeWine's budget

Tara Britton
March 18, 2019
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Family health, homeless services contracts focus of Cuyahoga County HHSA Meeting

Community Solutions Team
March 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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MetroHealth Receives Health Care Contract for Kids in Cuyahoga County Custody

Community Solutions Team
March 4, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Addressing racial disparities in childhood: Opportunities in education

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Implementing a trauma-informed approach in public assistance programs

Community Solutions Team
February 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Workforce Training the focus of first HHSA meeting of 2019

Community Solutions Team
January 28, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Driver’s license suspensions disproportionately impact poor Ohioans

Community Solutions Team
January 28, 2019
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Extreme consequences across Ohio if SNAP benefits not funded

Community Solutions Team
January 22, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Ohio community groups face challenges helping needy Ohioans navigate new benefits system

Community Solutions Team
January 14, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Racial Disparities

Community Solutions Team
December 6, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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18 Questions for the 2018 Election

Community Solutions Team
October 1, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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How are Cuyahoga County schools teaching sex education?

Community Solutions Team
September 24, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Cleveland is dead last in child poverty

Emily Campbell
September 17, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Public Comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Wraparound Services for Young People in Poverty: Taking a Look at CCMEP with New Program Data

Community Solutions Team
May 14, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Poverty: When one age group is different from the rest

Community Solutions Team
March 29, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Public Comments to the Ohio Department of Medicaid on the Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement Waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 12, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Adult Protective Services: Providing Context in an Aging State

Community Solutions Team
February 16, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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The State of the Cuyahoga County Budget: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Will Tarter
February 13, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
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Substance Use Prevention in Ohio: Programs, Policies, and Funding to Target Addiction Before it Starts

Community Solutions Team
November 16, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
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2018-2019 State Budget, As Enacted: Ohio Departments of Medicaid and Health

Community Solutions Team
August 1, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
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2018-2019 State Budget, As Enacted: Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Community Solutions Team
July 31, 2017
Poverty & Safety Net
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2018-2019 State Budget, Senate Budget: Ohio Departments of Medicaid and Health

Community Solutions Team
June 23, 2017
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