In a statementtothe Ohio legislature, workforce researcher Hannnah Halbert discusses the implementation problems that limit the state’s new uniform workforce plan’s ability to match Ohio workers to the right, living wage jobs.
Residents of Cleveland’s Central Promise Neighborhood face barriers to higher ed access. Two-generation approaches targeted to serve whole families, and a restoration of Ohio College Opportunity Grant funding for two-year college students can help.
Tepid growth but all signs in the right direction for September: Ohio added 6,000 jobs, unemployment ticked down to 5.6 percent even as 11,000 entered the labor force.
Census data show Ohio still struggling to recover from post-Recession poverty; investments in economic security needed. Ohio’s median household income increased by $627 between 2012 and 2013, to $48,081, according to data released today by the Census Bureau. The state poverty rate declined from 16.3 percent to 16.0 percent. Unfortunately,
Download Summary (2pp) Download full report (8pp) Press release More needed to make Ohio EITC a credit that counts The Ohio General Assembly recently expanded the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), doubling it from 5 to 10 percent of the federal credit. However, the credit remains out of step
12,400 job losses in July eradicated modest recent gains. 6,000 left the labor force. Unemployment ticked back up to 5.7 percent.
To help families in Cleveland’s Central Promise Neighborhood, make Ohio’s EITC refundable and provide free tax prep infrastructure, which helps families keep all of their refund and begin saving.
Ohio has slashed aid for college students by a third over the past 10 years. As a result, it now invests less in need-based aid per full-time undergraduate than any Midwestern state and ranks 36th nationally. Introduction In the twentieth century, Ohioans as individuals and Ohio as a state did
Ohio’s loss of 12,000 jobs in November puts the state’s year-over-year growth rate at 0.4 percent. Nationally, jobs grew by 1.7 percent over the same time.
Since 2005, more than 76,500 Ohio workers have been certified to receive help through TAA, and certifications in 2012 topped the number in 2011. But changes to the program, the gold standard in services for dislocated workers, will reduce coverage by eliminating help for service workers and restricting which manufacturing
Ohio lost more than 8,000 jobs in August, a loss that erases a small gain in July and leaves the state down more than 13,000 jobs since our 2013 peak in May.
Sector partnerships have led to increased earnings for participants in other states. It’s time we create similar opportunities for Ohioans.
