On Friday June 5, AOF hosted a virtual town hall event for members of the Minority Health Strike Force Data and Research Subcommittee.

AOF and our partners have compiled a list of resources for you, your family and your neighbors.

On Wednesday October 9th, several AOF members and other stakeholders testified as interested parties and opponents to Senate Bill 165 (Schafer R- District 20, Lancaster). Senate Bill 165 proposes additional requirements, including photo identification, for SNAP electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, intended to dissuade fraud and trafficking of SNAP cards in exchange for cash or other goods.

The Fiscal Year 2020-2021 State Operating Budget was passed by both chambers on July 17th and signed by Governor DeWine on July 18th. AOF and our member organizations achieved significant wins and made progress on policy priorities.

HB 200 would reduce access to basic nutrition assistance in the poorest areas in the state and restrict Ohio’s ability to help its most disadvantaged workers.

Though we are heartened by the attention paid to these issues, the basic needs and support systems of children and families have been ignored for too long, and our most vulnerable have fallen further away from the quality of life we would expect in a state as prosperous as Ohio.

The most recent report, released in 2019 using 2017 data, found that 5.5 million seniors, or 7.7% of the senior population, were food insecure in 2017. The rate of food insecurity among seniors is lower in recent years but remains significantly higher than it was in 2007.

The Healthy Ohio Program pulls the rug out from under the number of positive health and human service investments included in the bill by putting the health and stability of over a million Ohioans at risk.

While Sub HB 166 boosts investment in some social determinants of health, deeper investment is needed in early care and education, food assistance, protective services for seniors, direct aid, and job training for the poorest families, public transportation funding and refundability for the earned income tax credit.

The proposed rule would reduce access to basic nutrition assistance in the poorest areas in the state, restrict Ohio’s ability to help its most disadvantaged workers, and discriminate on the basis of race.

AOF and thousands of other groups and individuals testified in opposition to the waiver and offered warnings of the damage its enactment would cause to critically necessary access to health care without barriers for low-income Ohioans.

AOF praised Governor DeWine’s commitment to invest in Ohio’s children, workers and our collective future in his first State of the State address

Printer-friendly resource card gives you a snapshot of poverty in Ohio that you can easily share with friends, colleagues and legislators.

Advocates for Ohio’s Future (AOF) previewed its 2020-21 budget and policy priorities in a press conference on January 28.

The impact of the opioid epidemic on the children services system has been astounding. The system is in critical need of reforms and resources to promote safe children, stable families and supportive communities.