Ohio Votes July Update
Over 60 organizations have expressed interest in becoming an Ohio Votes partner, and counting! Thanks to everyone who has already confirmed your participation as an Ohio Votes Partner! If you'd [...]
Ohio Votes June News Update
Supreme Court Rules on Ohio Voter Purge Case As I am sure many of you have heard, on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ohio’s voter purge policy did [...]
Bill’s May Update
Nearly 60,000 Ohioans experienced homelessness in 2016. Almost one-third of them were children. Nearly 10,000 were victims of domestic abuse. The data source is understood to be an undercount and [...]
Upcoming Events – Spring 2018
The Ohio Balance of State Continuum of Care team is offering a series of in-person training sessions around the state on diversion standards and best practices. The next training will [...]
COHHIO Hires Ohio Votes Coordinator, Legal Interns
COHHIO is pleased to announce the hiring of a new staff member to coordinate the Ohio Votes program for the 2018 election and welcomes two new summer interns for the [...]
Ohioans Vote for Fairer Elections
Good news! State Issue One easily passed in May’s primary election, meaning Ohio will actually have a fairer process the next time we redraw the state’s congressional districts. Every 10 [...]
Ohio BRIDGES
In February 2018 Ohio became the 28th state to extend foster care. However, different from child welfare, Ohio BRIDGES is a completely voluntary program designed to promote permanency and self-sufficiency. [...]
‘Voterize’ Your Community!
Every day hundreds of homeless and housing agencies across the state work directly with low-income people whose opinions, needs and struggles are largely ignored by our political leaders. And many [...]
National Housing Trust Fund Allocates $7 Million to Ohio
HUD recently announced a new round of National Housing Trust Fund allocations totaling $266.8 million, which includes nearly $7 million for Ohio to address housing needs for very low and [...]
SOAR is still soaring!
Since 2016 there has been talk buzzing around that SOAR Ohio would be ending. As the SOAR Ohio State Lead with COHHIO, please let me announce for clarification, that has [...]
