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Monday, June 12, 2023

Ohio Senate Cuts Work Supports and Leaves Ohio Kids & Families Hungry

Featuring:

  • Kelsey Bergfeld, Director, Advocates for Ohio’s Future

  • Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, Executive Director, Ohio Association of Foodbanks

  • Tara Britton, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, The Center for Community Solutions

  • Melissa Cropper, President, Ohio Federation of Teachers

  • Lynanne Gutierrez, Chief Operating and Policy Officer, Groundwork Ohio

  • Michael Corey, Executive Director, Human Service Chamber of Franklin County

  • Guillermo Bervejillo, PhD, State Policy Fellow, Policy Matters Ohio

  • Nick Bates, Executive Director, Hunger Network in Ohio


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AOF Budget Testimony

  • AOF Veto Request Letter to Governor DeWine (07.01.2023): READ HERE.

  • AOF Letter to Budget Conferees (06.27.2023): READ HERE.

  • AOF Director Kelsey Bergfeld Testimony on Sub. HB33 before the Senate Finance Committee (05.25.2023): READ HERE.

  • AOF Director Kelsey Bergfeld Written Testimony on Sub. HB33 to the Senate Medicaid Commitee (05.11.2023): READ HERE.

  • AOF Director Kelsey Bergfeld Testimony on Sub. HB33 before the Senate Health Committee (05.10.2023): READ HERE.

  • AOF Executive Committee Panel Testimony on HB33 before the House Finance Subcommittee on Health & Human Services (03.21.2023): READ HERE.

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STATE BUDGET ADVOCACY 2021

  • Ohio Children’s Budget Coalition: 2022-2023 Budget Biennium Policy Issue Briefs

  • AOF Testimony to the Senate Finance Committee on Sub-HB110, Main Operating Budget FY2022-FY2023 (06.03.2021): READ HERE.

  • AOF Panel Testimony to the Senate Health Committee on Am. Sub-HB 110, Main Operating Budget FY2022-FY2023 (05.04.2021): READ HERE.

  • AOF Testimony to the House Finance Committee on Sub-HB 110, Main Operating Budget FY2022-FY2023 (04.15.2021): READ HERE.

  • AOF Testimony to the House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on HB 110, Main Operating Budget FY2022-FY2023 (03.04.2021): READ HERE.

June 11, 2021 Press conference: Advocates Speak to Anti-Work, Anti-SNAP Provisions in Budget

Speakers Include: Jack Frech, Former County JFS Director; Jami Turley, Sterling, Ohio; Hope Lane, Public Policy & External Affairs Associate, The Center for Community Solutions; Nick Bates, Director, Hunger Network in Ohio.

June 7, 2021 Press Conference: "Who is This Budget For?"

On June 7 2021, the Advocates for Ohio's Future and Ohio Children's Budget Coalition (OCBC) hosted a media conference at the Ohio Statehouse to discuss the Senate Substitute Budget Bill.

Speakers include: Kelsey Bergfeld, Advocates for Ohio’s Future; Steve Wagner, UHCAN-Ohio; Tara Britton, the Center for Community Solutions; Tracy Najera, Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio; Loren Anthes, the Center for Community Solutions; Mark Butler, Multi-System Youth Advocate; Julia Jackels, Groundwork Ohio; Susan Jagers, Ohio Poverty Law Center; Wendy Patton, Policy Matters Ohio; Nick Bates, One Ohio Now.