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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Health, Food
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program keeps children, adults, and people with disabilities fed and healthy. In recent years, federal budget for SNAP was cut and work requirements were added, which hurt low-wage workers....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety
Protecting aging Ohioans is connected with strengthening local area. The budget for Adult Protective services is not enough at first. After adding more budget to protect aging Ohioans, Ohio gains a more stable protective system. The funding for Adult Protective services comes from...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety
This report analyzes the state of foreclosure filings in Ohio in 2015 and discusses the consequences of foreclosures on families, neighborhoods, and local governments. The report reveals that while foreclosure filings have declined, they remain times higher than pre-subprime lending...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2017
Level County
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Children & Families
Childcare for working families in Ohio is often too expensive and/or poor quality. The states childcare assistance programs have one of the most restrictive income requirements in the county, reducing their effectiveness. Further, the childcare system is difficult to navigate, and...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Education
Even though high education leads to higher wages and more productivity, its unaffordability block many students from it. The state should cover a part of cost of college to make it more affordable. The state need to reform Ohio College Opportunity Grant to better serve for long-term...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town, City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Energy, Democracy & Governance
This report emphasizes the importance of providing better energy information to renters, buyers, owners, and operators of buildings. By arming them with this information, they can make more informed choices, differentiate between properties, and determine whether energy upgrades are...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The minimum wage for Ohioans is too low to cover the basic cost of living. A $15 minimum wage by 2023 will boost the Ohio economny by benefiting low wage workers, parents and children, and improve racial eand gender equity....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility
This report highlights the inadequate funding and strains faced by public transit in Ohio, emphasizing the need for increased support from the state. More funding must be needed to ensure the city's ability to maintain services and expand to meet growing demands. The report proposes...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level County
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice
The Cuyahoga EITC Coalition is a coalition of organizations that offers free tax preparation services to low- and middle-income families in Cuyahoga County. They helped over 8,000 families with their tax returns last year, resulting in more than $11 million in tax refunds. The coalition...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Ohio's unemployment compensation benefits system is undermined by the requirement that workers earn $230 weekly for 20 weeks to qualify. Implementing a standard that links eligibility to hours worked rather than amount of earnings would increase benefits' accessibility and reduce...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2008
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Health
This report examines why so many Ohioans cannot afford to purchase insurance or pay premiums and other costs necessary for accessing care. Policymakers should consider a sliding scale to access healthcare, with a suggested limit of 4 percent of income for households earning between...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Energy, Economic Justice
The report highlights the need for Ohio to adopt a more sustainable energy strategy for its industrial sector, focusing on the greater use of combined heat and power (CHP) technology. It emphasizes that CHP is a more efficient and reliable way to meet manufacturers' heat and power...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2015
Level County
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety
This report discusses the foreclosure situation in Ohio, highlighting that foreclosure rates still exceed pre-recession levels. It recommends continuing efforts to combat foreclosure, and emphasizes the effectiveness of foreclosure counseling, funding the demolishing of blighted homes,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas -
LLC loophole is a reduced taxes on business income. It was designed as a tool to spur creation of new firms and create jobs but the emplyment and overall economy does not increase....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic, Model Law
Year 2012
Level City or Town, County, City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing, Transportation & Mobility, Environment & Natural Resources
Live-near-your work programs are public-private partnerships with cities and employers to help employees buy homes in the community where they work. Live-near-your-work policies benefit all stakeholders: shorter commute times and lowered housing costs save time and money for employees;...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2009
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Education
Students are better served when educators work together. Through a series of interviews, this report shows that teachers are ready to begin working together, but they cannot without the support of Ohio's government. This report also suggest steps Ohio's policymakers can take to foster...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This report examines job market challenges faced by youth in Cleveland. The report reveals that youth encounter higher unemployment rates than the general population and that young workers, particularly people of color, are concentrated in low-wage sectors. The report recommends implementing...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The report indicates how income Inequality has continued to rise and how the state needs to implement progressive economic policies to resolve this question....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2014
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Ohio's Home Weatherization Assistance Program lowers home bills by more than 20%. Weatherization also generates jobs, reduces pollution, and increases home values. Ohio's clean energy standards drove increase in investment in low-income weatherization. Freezing and elimination Ohio's...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Despite a decline in the state's unemployment rate and job recovery after the 2007 recession, wages in Ohio have stagnated. This infographic reveals that many projected job openings still fail to pay a living wage and advocates for increased worker bargaining power, raising the minimum...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level City or Town, County, City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
Gathering information about the economic and social health of your community is an essential first stop in launching any type of advocacy campaign, social enterprise, or venture. Data help you understand the needs of your neighborhood, helping to ensure that your advocacy efforts...
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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town, City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy
There are numerous barriers to the energy efficiency market. On-bill financing programs, via the electric and/or gas utility bill, address some of the barriers and help make efficiency easy. Savings from efficiency measures offset the costs of improvements, so consumers pay while...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2013
Level City or Town, County, City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States, Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Transportation & Mobility
Ohioans spend a large amount of money on energy. In 2010, we spent $45 billion, nearly 10 percent of our state's gross domestic product. Nearly half of those energy dollars (or more than $20 billion) was spent to fuel cars, trucks, and buses, and nearly all of which left the state...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
To jail people who violate probation without committing a crime has a negative cost on society. Keeping them in prison is costly, waste resources, and harmful to the economy. The report states that for certain issues, people should stay in community treatment instead of prison, making...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Energy
This report provides 10 aggressive strategies that tackles multiple industry sectors and makes Ohio more sustainable....

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