Survey shows lasting barriers to employment for people with criminal convictions in Ohio Downloadable fact sheet Key findings The impact of criminal convictions doesn’t stop at the courtroom door. Collateral sanctions – legal restrictions tied to convictions – can make it harder to get a job, find a place to
Chair Young, Vice Chair Ritter, Ranking Member Piccolantonio and members of the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee. We are Kate Sopko and Piet van Lier, representing Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization creating a more vibrant, equitable, sustainable, and inclusive Ohio. Thank you for the opportunity to
Chair Roegner, Vice Chair Timken, Ranking Member Ingram and members of the Senate Higher Education Committee. My name is Piet van Lier and I represent Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization creating a more vibrant, equitable, sustainable, and inclusive Ohio. Thank you for the opportunity to present this
House follows DeWine’s lead on tuition vouchers Ohio’s top politicians want to spend an additional $432 million on private school tuition over the next two years, including a new voucher for unregulated religious schools. The House budget proposal, following the direction set by Gov. DeWine’s budget, continues to draw from
Voucher programs siphon funds, weaken public schools UPDATE (3/4/25): The original version of this release used out-of-date information about the change in private-school enrollment compared to voucher uptake. The state now reports that enrollment grew by 3,700 students. This means that some 65,000 vouchers went to those private school families.
Testimony to the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee on H.B. 96 Chair Young, Vice Chair Ritter, Ranking Member Piccolantonio and members of the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee. My name is Piet van Lier and I represent Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization building a more
Learn how Albuquerque and Durham are keeping their communities safer by sending trained peers, clinicians and other unarmed responders on crisis calls.
Messages and data for public school advocates against vouchers Ohio has five voucher programs, which provide public tuition subsidies at private K-12 schools. During the 2022-23 school year, the two most expensive, EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion, extracted from state coffers a combined total of $353.7 million, money that could have been spent to
This discussion was hosted by Policy Matters Ohio, Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change, and the Columbus Safety Collective. The discussion features panelists from Cincinnati’s Alternative Response Program, the First CALL program in Shaker Heights and neighboring Cleveland suburbs, the Dayton Mediation Response Unit, the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance
Clevelanders speak about crisis response, what works, and how to improve it Authors’ note: This report centers the experiences of people who are directly impacted by the current system for response to behavioral and mental health crises — those who have the most at stake in decisions about that system’s future.
This piece was previously published on Cleveland.com and is reprinted here with permission. CLEVELAND — It’s promising that non-police response for people experiencing behavioral and mental health crises is coming to Cleveland, funded by the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County with a $1.7 million
The moral case for funding higher education
All Ohioans, no matter what they look like or how much money they have, deserve to go as far as their dreams and abilities take them. Access to higher education improves economic security and contributes to a robust workforce. A well-educated workforce is essential for economic growth and competitiveness. Higher