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Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County, City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States, Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

Key elements of feed-in rates and CLEAN contracts include cost-based, standardized contracts that are long term, which allows developers to secure project financing. Incentives for local ownership, hiring of local workers, and use of locally made products can help ensure that these...

Higher Wage Would Boost Columbus

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Higher minimum wage would reduce inequality, benefit families, and offer women and workers of color higher wages. This report recommends raising the minimum wage in Columbus to $12 per hour by 2021....

Minimum Wage

Tax Breaks to Tighten, Trim or Trash

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas -

Some tax breaks help most people (like exempting sales tax on prescription drugs); but many are inefficient and misguided. The report lists inefficient tax breaks that should be tightened or reduced, including vendor discounts, snowbirds breaks, building and construction materials,...

Sentencing reform through a stronger SB 3

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety

Senate Bill 3, under consideration in the Ohio Senate, seeks to provide addiction treatment instead of incarceration to Ohioans charged with possession of certain drugs. As introduced, SB 3 would reclassify some low-level drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. This is an important...

SNAP feeds Ohio

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....

Protecting Older Ohioans: Increasing reporting, maintaining services

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...

Eliminating barriers to good health for Ohio’s Black women

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Health

Black women are more likely than others to work jobs with limited access to health care and this impacts their health outcomes. This report from Ohio analyzes black women's access to medical services, barriers to their care, the financial stress attached to health care costs and provides...

Ohio Foreclosures 2016: Damage in the Wake of the Housing Crisis

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...

Assessing Ohio's Child Care System

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...

Ohio Promise: Equitable Free College

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...

Demanding Better Energy Information: Cities address market failure for energy upgrades

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...

$15 Minimum wage would improve incomes, increase equity

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....

Minimum Wage

How Ohio Funds Public Transit

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...

Who takes credit?: The EITC and Free tax preparation in Cuyahoga County, 2010

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...

Ohioans face tough test to receive unemployment benefits: Earnings requirements exceed almost all other states

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...

Raise the wage: $15 minimum would benefit one million working Ohioans

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

Ohio's minimum wage does not reflect the economic value created by low-wage workers and is insufficient to cover the basic cost of living. This report outlines a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026 and eliminate the sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities. It...

Ohio’s child care crisis: Parents and providers out of options

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Children & Families, Education

Child care is a necessity for millions of families but educators are underpaid and care options are unaffordable. This report examines Ohio's child care crisis and provides recommendations for supporting providers and improving accessibility and affordability. It recommends expanding...

Reasonable Costs: What can Ohioans afford to pay for healthcare

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...

Wage Theft: A quiet crisis in Ohio: in absence of state investment, cities can take the lead

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

Wage Theft causes large amount of national loss each year. Ohio spends few resources on wage investigation, and hence cities can take steps to prevent wage theft within their jurisdictions. Cities can use procurement, licensing, tax enforcement, and tax incentives....

Cuts to Snap Will Harm Hungry Ohioans

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Food

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps feed Ohioans, reduces poverty, and improves health for children and adults. However, the House Agriculture Committee's partisan Farm Bill proposes several inefficient and harmful changes to SNAP that will reduce its funding....

Employment Connection: Demand-Driven Model Increases Job Placement

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County, City or Town

State(s) All States, Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families

The report examines the transition of Employment Connection, a workforce-training agency in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, to a demand-facing model, resulting in a significant increase in job placements and a higher percentage of successful job exits. The transition focused on meeting...

Sustainable Economy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Energy

By investing to upgrade our grid, make our manufacturing sector leaner and greener, build a 21st century transportation system, and weatherize homes, we can create good jobs, promote home-grown clean energy, save money, stabilize our economy, and improve our environment....

Community Corrections in Ohio: Cost Savings and Program Effectiveness

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

This report finds that community corrections programs and community-based treatments are significantly less costly than imprisonment and makes the case for their expansion. ...

Pay While You Save Utility-Bill: Financing for Energy-Efficiency Improvements

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...

Green Electricity and Transportation (GET) Smart: Policy Solutions to Increase Energy Independence

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...

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