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State Budget

Human services agency directors testify before Senate Finance Committee

Community Solutions Team
April 26, 2019
Medicaid
Article
Children and Youth

The Chopping Block: How Medicaid Block Grants Will Create Access Problems for Ohio’s Kids

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy

Emergency assistance services contract focus of county health, human services and aging committee

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
Article
Data

Where’s the data? A look at data collection among the LGBTQ community

Community Solutions Team
April 22, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article
Data

Tracking data on maternal mortality and morbidity should be a priority in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
April 15, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Criminal + Legal

Where is the justice? Addressing racial disparities in the juvenile justice system

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Medicaid
Research
Managed Care

Engineering outcomes: Managed care and value-based design in Ohio Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Article
State Budget

Transportation budget gains bi-partisan approval, Governor’s signature

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Medicaid
Public testimony
Disability
Managed Care

Testimony for the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Loren Anthes

Community Solutions Team
April 8, 2019
Behavioral Health
Public testimony
Children and Youth
OhioRISE

Testimony for the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services On Custody Relinquishment and Multi-System Youth

Community Solutions Team
April 4, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Maternal health in Ohio listening session hosted by Minority Leader Emilia Sykes

Tara Britton
March 27, 2019
Article
State Budget

Community Solutions' Budget Priorities

Community Solutions Team
March 26, 2019
Medicaid
Article
State Budget

Medicaid Director highlights “realistic” budget approach, including no new rate increases

Community Solutions Team
March 25, 2019
Article
State Budget

Transportation budget passes Ohio Senate

Community Solutions Team
March 25, 2019
Article
State Budget

State Budgeting Matters: The podcast

Community Solutions Team
March 22, 2019
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Why the London Patient matters: What does a second HIV 'cure' mean?

Community Solutions Team
March 18, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
State Budget

A first look at health and human services in Governor Mike DeWine's budget

Tara Britton
March 18, 2019
Medicaid
Article
Workforce

Medicaid work requirements: Why transparency is needed in Ohio's eligibility waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 15, 2019
Article
State Budget

The Ohio budget process

Tara Britton
March 15, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Homelessness
Workforce

Family health, homeless services contracts focus of Cuyahoga County HHSA Meeting

Community Solutions Team
March 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
County Policy

MetroHealth Receives Health Care Contract for Kids in Cuyahoga County Custody

Community Solutions Team
March 4, 2019
Article
State Budget

Ohio Transportation Funding 101

Community Solutions Team
February 26, 2019
Article

Undesign the Redline: Remembering Judge Frederick Coleman

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Local Policy

Addressing racial disparities in childhood: Opportunities in education

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Bridging the SNAP gap: How Ohio is mitigating the federal shutdown’s lingering impact on food assistance

Community Solutions Team
February 25, 2019
Older Adults
Article
Children and Youth
Local Policy

A lifetime of lead exposure

Community Solutions Team
February 11, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Implementing a trauma-informed approach in public assistance programs

Community Solutions Team
February 11, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Article

Eliminating racial disparities in infant mortality

Community Solutions Team
February 4, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Driver’s license suspensions disproportionately impact poor Ohioans

Community Solutions Team
January 28, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
County Policy
Workforce

Workforce Training the focus of first HHSA meeting of 2019

Community Solutions Team
January 28, 2019
Article
Data
Workforce

Government shutdown: How federal workers impact Ohio’s economy

Emily Campbell
January 22, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Article
Children and Youth
SNAP P-EBT EBT

Extreme consequences across Ohio if SNAP benefits not funded

Community Solutions Team
January 22, 2019
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

Founder of Undetectable = Untransmittable Campaign to speak in Cleveland

Julie Patterson
January 18, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Benefit Cliff

Ohio community groups face challenges helping needy Ohioans navigate new benefits system

Community Solutions Team
January 14, 2019
Maternal & Infant Health
Research
Children and Youth

Trauma, Toxic Stress and Impact: Defining Adverse Childhood Experiences

Community Solutions Team
January 7, 2019
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Racial Disparities

Community Solutions Team
December 6, 2018
Medicaid
Research

The $44,000 Question: Examining Disengaged Youth in Cuyahoga County

Emily Campbell
December 3, 2018
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

AFC announces Julie Patterson as new director

John R. Corlett
November 26, 2018
Medicaid
Research

From Point A to Point B: Transportation as a Social Determinant in Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
October 22, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

18 Questions for the 2018 Election

Community Solutions Team
October 1, 2018
Research

Interactive Comprehensive Health Education Map

Community Solutions Team
September 24, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

How are Cuyahoga County schools teaching sex education?

Community Solutions Team
September 24, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Cleveland is dead last in child poverty

Emily Campbell
September 17, 2018
Article

Census numbers: Child poverty persists in many parts of Ohio

Community Solutions Team
September 17, 2018
Article

60 or 65? How old is old?

Community Solutions Team
September 17, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Strategic review of Medicaid Part three

Community Solutions Team
September 4, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Strategic review of Medicaid Part three

Community Solutions Team
September 4, 2018
Research

Interactive strategic review of Medicaid: Part two

Community Solutions Team
August 27, 2018
Research

Interactive strategic review of Medicaid: Part one

Community Solutions Team
August 20, 2018
Research

The State of Sex Ed

Community Solutions Team
July 23, 2018
Article

Board reunion conversation focused on what is “Leadership”

Community Solutions Team
July 9, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Crunching the Numbers: Data and Platforming Value in Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
June 25, 2018
Research

Adult Protective Services: Case Study of Seven Counties

Community Solutions Team
June 18, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Public Comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Making the Grade: Education and Medicaid in Ohio and Beyond

Community Solutions Team
June 11, 2018
Older Adults
Research

Family and Youth in Crisis, How Ohio's Identifying and Funding the Population

Community Solutions Team
June 3, 2018
Research

By the Numbers

Community Solutions Team
May 24, 2018
Article

New HIV Prevention Resources Coming to Northeast Ohio

Community Solutions Team
May 21, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
Children and Youth

Wraparound Services for Young People in Poverty: Taking a Look at CCMEP with New Program Data

Community Solutions Team
May 14, 2018
Older Adults
Research
County Policy

Hungry for Policy: A Deeper Dive on Older Adults

Community Solutions Team
April 30, 2018
Maternal & Infant Health
Research

Putting the “Mother” Back into Maternal and Infant Health

Tara Britton
April 30, 2018
Article
AIDS Funding Collaborative

AIDS Funding Collaborative Community Briefing

Julie Patterson
April 16, 2018
Medicaid
Public testimony

Public Testimony to the Ohio Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee on HB 50

Community Solutions Team
April 10, 2018
Behavioral Health
Article

Addressing Childhood Trauma to Create Positive Outcomes

Community Solutions Team
April 2, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Article

Poverty: When one age group is different from the rest

Community Solutions Team
March 29, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Medicaid Work Requirement Waiver Analysis: Budget Neutrality

Community Solutions Team
March 13, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Public Comments to the Ohio Department of Medicaid on the Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement Waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 12, 2018
Medicaid
Public testimony
Workforce

Testimony: Group VIII Work Requirement and Community Engagement 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Community Solutions Team
March 3, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research
State Budget

Adult Protective Services: Providing Context in an Aging State

Community Solutions Team
February 16, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

The State of the Cuyahoga County Budget: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Will Tarter
February 13, 2018
Medicaid
Research

Medicaid Experiments: An Overview of Potential Waivers in Ohio

Loren C. Anthes, MBA
February 1, 2018
Poverty & Safety Net
Research

Substance Use Prevention in Ohio: Programs, Policies, and Funding to Target Addiction Before it Starts

Community Solutions Team
November 16, 2017
Maternal & Infant Health
Research

A Preview of the 2018-2019 Cuyahoga County Biennial Budget

Will Tarter
October 6, 2017
Research

Housing and Medicaid

Community Solutions Team
September 18, 2017
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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.

Status of Women

Ohio enjoys a high rate of health care coverage, at 95%. Yet maternal health challenges continue to impact the health of women and their families. Women are more likely to be caregivers, and Ohio mothers work at rates higher than the national average. Even when working, Ohio women with children are more likely to live in poverty. Having children increases the likelihood of living in poverty by four-fold. 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.

Cleveland Neighborhoods

City of Cleveland Neighborhoods fact sheets and data profiles highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the City of Cleveland. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each neighborhood on employment and income, poverty, education, housing and health. Data released in 2016, 2021, and 2024.

Cuyahoga County Council Districts

Cuyahoga Council District fact sheets highlight demographic, health, and social indicators in the City of Cleveland. The fact sheets summarize and the data profiles provide extensive information about each district on employment and income, poverty, education, housing, and health. Data released 2017 and 2024.