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Basic Needs

People who work hard and play by the rules deserve help during tough times. That’s why Policy Matters Ohio pushes for a solvent and well-funded unemployment compensation system.

Use ARPA to provide paid leave for public workers

April 21, 2022

Use ARPA to stabilize families, workers & child care

April 21, 2022

Stabilize families, workers, and the child care industry

March 21, 2022

Testimony before Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook on unemployment compensation

August 27, 2021

Testimony on child care, kinship care in HB 110 before the Senate Finance Committee

May 13, 2021

Testimony on HB 110 before Senate Health Committee

May 04, 2021

Testimony on HB 145 before House Families, Aging, & Human Services Committee

April 15, 2021

Strengthen Ohio's EITC to help working families

January 29, 2021

Support Ohio children by funding kinship care

November 18, 2020

Cuts, costs and CARES Act funds

August 26, 2020

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Basic Needs

Use ARPA to provide paid leave for public workers

Use ARPA to stabilize families, workers & child care

Stabilize families, workers, and the child care industry

Testimony before Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook on unemployment compensation

Testimony on child care, kinship care in HB 110 before the Senate Finance Committee

Testimony on HB 110 before Senate Health Committee

Testimony on HB 145 before House Families, Aging, & Human Services Committee

Strengthen Ohio's EITC to help working families

Support Ohio children by funding kinship care

Cuts, costs and CARES Act funds

Letter to Sen. Portman on the Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Grant program

Letter to Sen. Brown on the Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Grant program

Improving federal COVID assistance

Now is the time to stabilize families in crisis

Ohio's food assistance policy in the time of pandemic

Bolster Ohio's unemployment compensation system

Testimony on HB 390 before the Senate Insurance Committee

Ohio needs to invest in high-quality early care and education

Testimony on SB 165 before the General Government and Agency Review Committee

Comments on Proposed Rule: Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Comment on proposed evaluation methodology for Medicaid work requirement demonstration study

Maximize Federal Support to Feed Ohio

Testimony on HB 198 before the Civil Justice Committee

Don't lower the federal poverty line

Testimony on HB 200 before the House Health Committee

Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue

Testimony on Sub. HB 119 before the Senate Health, Human Services & Medicaid Committee

Protecting older Ohioans

Assessing Ohio’s child care system

Cuts to SNAP will harm hungry Ohioans

Trump budget threatens Ohio social services

Home energy programs supported in 2018 U.S. budget, 2019 uncertain

SNAP feeds Ohio

Trump budget slashes food aid for struggling Ohioans

Leveraging SNAP to improve worker skills

Preschool for every child

Testimony to the House Finance Health and Human Services Subcommittee

SNAP to Skills

House Republican plan to repeal the ACA will hurt Ohio

Repeal of health law threatens Ohioans

Policy Matters Ohio defends crucial unemployment compensation benefits

What's Ohio doing about hunger? Making it harder to put food on the table

Ohio should maximize use of federal food aid

Unemployment bill especially harsh to older workers

Advocates call for lifting barriers to food aid

Kasich pressed to accept food aid for all hungry Ohioans

Ohio should maximize federal food aid

Testimony: Good jobs will help lift families out of poverty

Stop the Hunger Games: Ohio should maximize access to food aid

The struggles of part-time faculty

Out-of-Step

New Cuts to Food Aid in Ohio Should Not Go Forward

The War on Poverty at 50

Shrinking aid for Ohio’s poorest families

Shrinking aid for Ohio's poorest families -- documents

Getting by in Ohio: The 2013 Basic Family Budget

New Census data: Young-adult health coverage up in Ohio, child poverty rates hold steady at shockingly high rate in cities

Who pays for Shabby Benefits?

Who Takes Credit?: The EITC and free tax preparation in Cuyahoga County, 2010

Public Benefits Subsidize Major Ohio Employers

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (2008)

Bridging the Gaps in Ohio

Policy Matters Testifies on Unemployment Compensation and Social Security, October 2007

Making Ends Meet: Basic Family Budgets in Ohio

ODJFS to Produce Employer Data

Public Benefits at Ohio Employers: An Initial Analysis

A Threat to Public Records Access

Social Security and Income: Older Americans and Older Ohioans

Status of Women in the States, 2002-2003 Ohio Report Card

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (2002)

Ohio Unemployment Insurance Falling Short: New National Report Card Gives Ohio an “F”

Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families

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