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In lieu of our June webinar, join the Ohio Workforce Coalition at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Policy Summit 2025, taking place in Cleveland June 26 and 27.

As an event partner, the Coalition will have a booth at the event and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has offered our stakeholders a $50 discount to the Summit. Use code PS25fifty at checkout and the two-day event will cost only $200 (in-person) or $50 (virtual) for nonprofit/government attendees!

The Summit will include presentations and conversations around increasing the supply of housing to make it more affordable (and exploring other models of homeownership), asking better questions to improve local outcomes, understanding which workforce development policies and practices best support economic mobility, and more. Speakers include:

Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockerfeller Foundation: Scaling Change in Our Communities
Bishara W. Addison (Fund for Our Economic Future) and Brent Orrell (American Enterprise Institute): Workforce Development: Which Programs and Policies are Moving the Needle on Economic Mobility?
Jim Martin (Fulton County KY) and Joe Timbrook (Lawrence County Economic Growth Council): Workforce Reentry for Incarcerated Individuals in Rural Communities

And much, much more. Check out the full agenda here.

When Working Isn’t Enough: Wages and Public Benefits in Ohio

The Ohio Workforce Coalition commissioned The Center for Community Solutions to investigate wages, public benefit eligibility, and benefit uptake by occupation in Ohio. Despite working - often full-time - many Ohioans still require benefit assistance (e.g., SNAP and Medicaid) to access food and medical care. This report outlines key findings from 10 low wage occupations, benefit usage by occupation, and policy recommendations. Fact sheets for each occupation (e.g., childcare worker, home health aide, assemblers and fabricators) include wages, number of job openings, projected growth, benefit eligibility, and whether Black workers are overrepresented in the low wage job.

Read the Report (English)