New Cuts to Food Aid in Ohio Should Not Go Forward

Policy Matters Ohio, others, call on the Kasich administration to reverse course on a decision that has cost thousands of Ohioans federally funded food aid as they struggle with unemployment and underemployment in the slow recovery.

 

Citing a weak job market and a mounting threat that basic human needs are not being met in Ohio, human services advocates and others today called on the Kasich administration to reconsider its decision and to push for full federal food assistance in all Ohio counties.

“Ohio should accept the federal government’s waiver of work requirements for all counties of the state,” said Wendy Patton, Senior Project Director for Policy Matters Ohio. “We call on the Kasich Administration to maximize its use of federal resources so that hungry Ohioans can meet their most basic need