Posted on 05/05/14
Community connection
Policy Matters works with community groups by starting organizations, serving on board or leadership teams, being the Ohio partner to national efforts, or simply working closely at a staff level.
We started and continue to play a leadership role in:
One Ohio Now
Ohio CASH
Emerald Cities
Ohioans for Transportation Choice
We have been selected as the Ohio partner to:
State Fiscal Analysis Initiative of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Economic Analysis and Research Network of the Economic Policy Institute
Working Poor Families Project
CFED Assets and Opportunity Scorecard
Mott Foundation State Asset Building Cluster
Our staff is on the board, leadership body or committee of:
Demos
Emerald Cities Cleveland
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Posted on 05/05/14
Who We Are
Policy Matters, a non-profit policy research institute, creates a more vibrant, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio through research, strategic communications, coalition building and policy advocacy.
VibrantEquitableSustainableInclusive
Our work falls into four major and related buckets:
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Posted on 05/05/14
Because policy matters, now more than ever.
There’s no other way to say it: Policy matters, now more than ever.
It matters to the single mother, struggling to afford childcare, food, rent, and all the other... read more
Posted on 04/28/14
Staff cell phone numbers
Amanda 330.780.8321Amelia 614.456.6351Amy 216.375.9274 Daniel 440.832.1196 Hannah 614.397.6080 Harlan 216.682.5367Kalitha 614.371.9293Mike 216.799.4951 ... read more
Posted on 04/02/14
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Posted on 03/17/14
Extend Unemployment Insurance! Raise the Minimum Wage! Restore Food Stamps Cuts in Ohio! Noon: GATHER at Market Square Park (across from West Side Market)12:30 pm: MARCH! from the Park along W. 25th St., ending at St. Paul’s1:15 pm:... read more
Posted on 12/04/13
POSTPONED
Please check back for more information after Dec. 9
Drilling in the six states that span the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations has produced far fewer new jobs than the industry and its supporters claim, according... read more
Posted on 10/21/13
Board of directors
Pictured from the left (seated) Amy Hanauer (executive director), Harriet Applegate, Bakari Kitwana; (standing) David Bergholz, Doug Wang, Earl Pike, Stephen Crowley, Yvonne Hunnicutt, Kirk Noden, Kamla Lewis, Susan Helper, Jeff Rechenbach.
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