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Setting the Medicaid Growth Rate

Brandy Davis
October 21, 2024

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Poverty & Safety Net
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Primary races, levies on the ballot March 17

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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How a pandemic affects vulnerable populations

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

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
Medicaid
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Coronavirus: How Ohio Medicaid can help flatten the curve

Community Solutions Team
March 13, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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Census Jobs – How might income from a census job impact government assistance eligibility?

Community Solutions Team
March 3, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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MSY action plan sets a path forward

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

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

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

Community Solutions Team
February 24, 2020
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Committee approves public funding for temporary staffing agency serving people recently released from prison

Community Solutions Team
February 19, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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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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AIDS Funding Collaborative will award grants; releases strategic plan focused on ending HIV epidemic

Julie Patterson
February 18, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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The Center for Community Solutions Board of Directors endorses March 17 Cuyahoga County health and human services levy

Community Solutions Team
February 10, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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Minority students and special education

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

Community Solutions Team
February 4, 2020
Medicaid
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New Medicaid block grant waiver: Risk disguised as flexibility

Community Solutions Team
February 3, 2020
Behavioral Health
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Social isolation: A quiet social determinant of health

Community Solutions Team
February 3, 2020
Behavioral Health
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How the criminalization of mental illness and substance use disorders impacts African-Americans in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
February 3, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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Homeless services, multi-system youth contracts approved by health and human services committee

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

Community Solutions Team
January 27, 2020
Behavioral Health
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Data shows drop in unintentional drug overdose deaths in 2018

Tara Britton
January 21, 2020
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GCRTA CEO discusses future of public transportation with Human Services Advocacy Network

Community Solutions Team
January 21, 2020
Medicaid
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Ohio Medicaid’s end-of-year report reveals problems stemming from eligibility system; what does it mean and how will it be addressed?

Tara Britton
January 15, 2020
Medicaid
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Medicaid enrollees asked state for more collaboration from managed care plans and providers. Will they listen?

Community Solutions Team
January 13, 2020
Poverty & Safety Net
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Impact SNAP changes will have on Ohio, Medicaid

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

Community Solutions Team
January 6, 2020
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John Corlett's top 10 reports from 2019

Community Solutions Team
December 30, 2019
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Cuyahoga County budget passes

Community Solutions Team
December 23, 2019
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What Community Solutions needs to know

Community Solutions Team
December 23, 2019
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Akron Children's Hospital: Community Health Needs Assessment

Community Solutions Team
December 11, 2019
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Nearly $2 million in contracts approved by Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee

Community Solutions Team
December 9, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
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Report on Ohio's maternal deaths provides look at contributing factors, makes recommendations for improvement

Tara Britton
December 2, 2019
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Health and human services agencies present budget cases to Cuyahoga County Council

Community Solutions Team
December 2, 2019
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Harm reduction, drug users’ health take center stage at state HIV planning meeting

Community Solutions Team
November 25, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Poverty Speaks 2019: Racial Disparities

Emily Campbell
November 18, 2019
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Ambulance trouble in Mahoning County: Behind a story funded by a Community Solutions journalism grant

Community Solutions Team
November 11, 2019
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AIDS Funding Collaborative announces 2019 grants

Julie Patterson
November 11, 2019
Older Adults
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The Council on Older Persons advocates, leads on senior issues

Community Solutions Team
November 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Ohio latest state to tackle economics of menstruation

Community Solutions Team
November 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Election Update: Ohio voters overwhelmingly approve health and social service levies. All but 2 Pass!

Emily Campbell
November 6, 2019
Older Adults
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County council HHSA committee hears update as foster care costs soar

Community Solutions Team
November 4, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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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
Medicaid
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Medicaid Substance Use Disorder waiver is a critical tool

Community Solutions Team
October 28, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
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Ohio awarded federal grants to address, study maternal health

Tara Britton
October 21, 2019
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Why I’m nervous about the census

Community Solutions Team
October 21, 2019
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Volunteers teach, advocate, protect, empower and keep hope alive

Community Solutions Team
October 21, 2019
Behavioral Health
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Ohio families and advocates praise Governor's MSY funding announcement

Community Solutions Team
October 14, 2019
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Cuyahoga County executive releases new budget recommendations

Community Solutions Team
October 14, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Ohio’s single-mom households more likely to live in poverty than single dads, what does this mean for kids?

Emily Campbell
October 7, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
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Racial disparities in infant mortality focus of 'Toxic: A Black Woman's Story'

Emily Muttillo
October 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Cleveland ranks 1-2-3 in poverty

Emily Campbell
September 30, 2019
Older Adults
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Populations in more Ohio counties flip, now have more older adults than children

Community Solutions Team
September 30, 2019
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My Brother My Sister will receive $25,000 prize

Community Solutions Team
September 30, 2019
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HHSA Committee approves contracts, senior needs increase and children in county custody skyrockets

Community Solutions Team
September 26, 2019
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Freshman legislators share budget experiences at HSAN

Community Solutions Team
September 23, 2019
Medicaid
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Medicaid oversight committee meets for first time in months, gets updates from Ohio Medicaid director

Tara Britton
September 20, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Ohio’s new budget includes funding for harm reduction, including syringe services programs

Tara Britton
September 16, 2019
Older Adults
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Many of Ohio's older adults are actively engaged in the workforce

Community Solutions Team
September 16, 2019
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Reflections on my trip to the Holy Land

Community Solutions Team
September 16, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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What helps poor families? A look at new census data

Emily Campbell
September 16, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Number of uninsured Ohioans, children climbing

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

Emily Campbell
September 9, 2019
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New census numbers, what we’re keeping an eye on

Emily Campbell
September 3, 2019
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Mahoning Valley’s ambulance service is in crisis: A report funded by Community Solutions' Health and Human Services Journalism grant

Community Solutions Team
August 28, 2019
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Ohio jails struggle with continuous, dependable feminine hygiene care

Community Solutions Team
August 26, 2019
Medicaid
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Creating quality for kids: A review of Ohio Medicaid’s focus on value based reimbursement

Community Solutions Team
August 26, 2019
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Packed Cuyahoga County budget panel HSAN

Community Solutions Team
August 26, 2019
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Plan to end HIV Epidemic: AFC, Community Solutions staff join roundtable discussion in Cincinnati

Tara Britton
August 19, 2019
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Ohio's integrated HIV plan sees successes, state well positioned to help end HIV

Community Solutions Team
August 12, 2019
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Preview of the 2020-2021 Cuyahoga County budget

Community Solutions Team
August 12, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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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
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The Intersection of Social Work and Social Services Research: The Graduate Assistant Experience

Community Solutions Team
August 5, 2019
Behavioral Health
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Toxic stress linked to risky teen behaviors, poor health outcomes new local data shows

Community Solutions Team
August 5, 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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Food for the body, kindness for the heart, services for life, Community Solutions volunteers at May Dugan Center

Community Solutions Team
July 29, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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How proposed USDA rule could affect SNAP eligibility in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
July 29, 2019
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New HIV service eligibility rules will help more Ohioans

Community Solutions Team
July 29, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Improving data reporting and transparency of data improves but more work left to do

Tara Britton
July 29, 2019
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June HHSA meeting brings ADMAHS board presentation, discussion on proposed workforce contact

Community Solutions Team
July 23, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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State makes significant investment in Multi-System Youth

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Older Adults
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State budget adds Adult Protective Services increase

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
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Ohio’s budget codifies the pregnancy associated mortality review committee

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Medicaid
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One waiver out, one waiver in

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
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Advocacy in Motion trainings show how to take advocacy to the next level

Community Solutions Team
July 15, 2019
Behavioral Health
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Budget offers hope for Ohio's multi-system youth and their families

Community Solutions Team
July 8, 2019
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Understanding the Cuyahoga County levy calendar

Will Tarter
July 8, 2019
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Citizenship question is out of the census for now…but was the damage already done? Not if we can help it!

Emily Campbell
July 1, 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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Securing Stability: Legal Aid's Lasting Impact

Community Solutions Team
June 13, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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The Senate budget is out, what does it mean for health and human services?

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Feds float idea of re-evaluating poverty measures: Why you should pay attention

Tara Britton
June 10, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Greater Cleveland Foodbank present to county committee

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

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2019
Older Adults
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Conference on Black Aging Reconvened After 10-Year Hiatus

Community Solutions Team
June 3, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Solutions that chip away at racial disparities in criminal justice

Community Solutions Team
May 28, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
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Syringe services programs in two more Ohio counties

Community Solutions Team
May 20, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
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State Budgeting Matters Podcast: Putting the mother back into maternal health

Community Solutions Team
May 10, 2019
Older Adults
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What does Ohio legislative district data tell us about older adults and people with disabilities?

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2019
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Human services agency directors testify before Senate Finance Committee

Community Solutions Team
April 26, 2019
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