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Posted September 27, 2001 in Press Releases
Study indicates system needs to change eligibility requirementsby Jennine Zeleznik Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | About one out of three unemployed Ohioans received benefits last year because of tough requirements that disqualify many potential applicants, a study... read more
Posted September 26, 2001 in Press Releases
Columbus Dispatch by Catherine Candisky It seldom pays to be out of work in Ohio. Fewer unemployed people receive benefits in this state than in most others because Ohio has some of the strictest eligibility standards in the... read more
Posted September 19, 2001 in Press Releases
Education Weekly by Lisa Fine One out of three students who received aid for private school tuition through the Cleveland voucher program had already been enrolled in a private school before receiving the publicly funded benefits, concludes... read more
Posted September 03, 2001 in Press Releases
Dayton Daily News A new report released during the weekend revealed what most people probably intuitively knew already: that Ohioans, and Americans as a whole, are working harder and longer than ever each week. What's more, despite... read more
Posted August 20, 2001 in Press Releases
Group finds workers above poverty level require aid to get by Columbus Dispatch When Joshua and Shalon Jarrell married four years ago, they never expected they'd need government assistance to provide for their children. They always thought they'd... read more
Posted August 06, 2001 in Press Releases
Akron Beacon Journal by Candace Goforth Women in Ohio have less earning power and attain fewer four-year college degrees than their sisters across the nation, recent studies show. According to supplemental data from the 2000 census, Ohio women... read more
Posted July 07, 2001 in Op-Eds
Last year, 4,306 students dropped out of the Cleveland schools. The year before, 4,278did. Only about a third of the students graduate. Why bother reciting these depressing statistics? Everybody knows that the Clevelandschools have serious problems.... read more
Posted May 09, 2001 in Press Releases
Youngstown Business Journal COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new study by Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit research organization, presents surprising new data demonstrating that private prisons in Ohio have been sent inmates with substantially fewer medical and... read more
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