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How do public officials make Land Bank decisions? Artificial Intelligence may seek patterns
This project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list as this helps provide more public service reporting to the community. By Lucia Walinchus and Emily Crebs Al Jenkins has what neighbors called…
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Do you owe ODJFS because of a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance overpayment? You might be eligible for a waiver
State made $1.2 billion in accidental payments, which could be forgiven This article is from Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list, as this helps provide more public service reporting. By Cid Standifer When Matthew Bishop started getting Pandemic Unemployment Assistance a year ago, it pulled…
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Dodging disconnection
More help is on the way, but will it be enough? This article is from Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join theirfree mailing list, as this helps provide more public service reporting. By Dan Polletta Janet Cook’s utility bills are stacking up and she doesn’t have enough money to…
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Who should keep an eye on drug seizure accounts?
Lots of forfeiture money goes to association outside of public purview; giving checks directly to kids This article is from Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list, as this helps provide more public service reporting. By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp When the Vinton County Fair was canceled…
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A Cold Covid Christmas in Cleveland
As moratoriums end Dec. 1, need grows for utility assistance; Guide to avoiding shutoffs This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Rachel Dissell and Conor Morris CLEVELAND, Ohio – The needs of…
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Home Visitation Program Reduces Infant Mortality in Medicaid Recipients
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Miesha Wilson Headen Miracle M. wrapped her arms around herself and rocked back and forth as she retold the story of her premature daughter’s death.…
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Red tape remains a high hurdle, but Cleveland still able to provide rental assistance to pandemic-stricken tenants
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism . Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Conor Morris Tenants facing eviction in Cleveland Housing Court can access a temporary measure of relief through the current federal moratorium on evictions, and…
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Ohio’s Appalachian region was already losing child care providers. Then the pandemic hit.
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom, The Fuller Project. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list or the mailing list for the Fuller Project as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Rachel Dissell CHESAPEAKE, Ohio —  The children…
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How can students learn at home if they have multiple homes or no home at all?
One group succeeds with holistic approach; demand still exceeds supply By Sydney Kornegay Sylvia Rucker has been a caretaker most of her life. As the head cook at Hannah Gibbons Elementary School in Collinwood, she prepares meals for approximately 250 students daily, and has four adult children of her own. But when her oldest daughter…
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Grounded by the pandemic, community groups work to save Cleveland’s census
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Lee Chilcote and Conor Morris When Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order in mid-March, Selina Pagan and other Latino leaders in…