This 2024 report is an update to a previous iteration of this publication released in June of 2016.
The Human Services 101 document was created as a companion piece to our budget primer at the time, tying together advocacy and straightforward information about complex systems within health and human services. In this release, we updated information around programs, services, and statistics relevant to health and human services. In doing so, we release this publication to provide easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive, information on the social service systems that help Ohioans. Social services are crucial to reducing poverty, preventing hunger and homelessness, providing support to those with mental illness or a substance use disorder, helping people find and keep jobs, and caring for older adults, children, and those with disabilities.
Who should use this guide?
These services and their funding are often complex and, subsequently, can be difficult for providers, advocates, volunteers, and consumers to understand. Increased knowledge on how these services work can enhance our ability to be informed citizens. Through this guide, The Center for Community Solutions seeks to provide straightforward descriptions of social service programs at the federal, state, and local levels, interspersed with interesting data, links, and facts for those who want to dig deeper. We hope you find this resource helpful in your work.
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