Center for Community Solutions

COMMENTARY

Ending extreme poverty in Ohio would be the state’s 16th-largest tax write-off

BY: - April 25, 2022

Often in state government, policymakers are chipping away at the margins of public policy. Legislation is usually aimed toward tweaking small technocratic problems to try to deliver services better or fighting culture war battles to score points with interest groups. Too often these policies do little to nothing to help people. So what would it […]

As Ohio economy reopens, state has no answers for many of the working poor

BY: - April 30, 2020

Cases of and deaths from coronavirus continued to rise in Ohio Wednesday as state leaders begin a phased reopening of workplaces. That leaves low-income workers who are older, have compromised health or who have day care issues with a dilemma: either go back to work and risk getting sick or stay home and lose unemployment […]