With the media frenzy over Shark Week, it’s easy to forget the real predators lurking in our communities: Payday loan sharks. On average, sharks in the ocean injure 15 people per year, but payday loan sharks bleed $7 billion in fees out of more than 12 million hard-working Americans struggling
With the media frenzy over Shark Week, it’s easy to forget the real predators lurking in our communities: Payday loan sharks. On average, sharks in the ocean injure 15 people per year, but payday loan sharks bleed $7 billion in fees out of more than 12 million hard-working Americans struggling
Second Quarter Ohio CASH Meeting The second Ohio CASH meeting will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2015, and will be held by webinar. The meeting will feature two presentations. Wendy Patton of Policy Matters Ohio will provide an update on the Ohio biennial budget focused on health and
With Mother’s Day approaching, it’s a good time to recognize the needs of many working mothers who struggle to make ends meet. We have two important programs designed to help working moms and their families: The earned income tax credit (EITC) and the child tax credit (CTC). Congress and Ohio
Second Quarter Ohio CASH Meeting The second Ohio CASH meeting will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2015, and will be held by webinar. The meeting will feature two presentations. Wendy Patton of Policy Matters Ohio will provide an update on the Ohio biennial budget focused on health and
Fact sheets detail local impact of federal program, and potential impact of improving Ohio’s anti-poverty tax credit.
State EITC is a start, but could do much more for families.
Short-term lenders could still find loopholes under proposed federal rules.
Statement by Kalitha Williams, Policy Liaison of Policy Matters Ohio, for a press conference with Ohio faith leaders on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal to regulate payday lending, April 1, 2015. For far too long, financially vulnerable Ohioans have been held captive by the exorbitant fees of payday lenders.
Midwesterners offer strongest support for new rules and protections
To benefit Ohio working families, boost the state EITC, make it refundable, and eliminate the cap.
Ohio Earned Income Tax Credit is inadequate to help working poor families. COLUMBUS, OH ??” Advocates for the working poor today called on Ohio lawmakers to boost Ohio’s Earned Income Tax Credit, make it refundable and eliminate the income cap in the next state budget. The refundable federal Earned Income
