Research & Reports
Advocates for Ohio’s Future encourages members and supporters to use our fact sheets, talking points, and other resources to educate the public, the media, policy makers, and others about the value of health, human service, and early care & education programs.
poverty in ohio
Ohio Workforce Coalition: When Working Isn’t Enough (2023)
Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2023 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio: 2022 KIDS COUNT Ohio Data Profile
Children’s Defense Fund: State of America’s Children: Ohio (2021)
Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies: The State of Poverty in Ohio (2023)
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio: Out of Reach 2023: Ohio
Policy Matters Ohio: State of Working Ohio 2023
National Low Income Housing Coalition: The Gap Report 2023
Mental & behavioral health
The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Services Providers: Policy Solutions for Ohio’s Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Crisis (August 2022)
The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Services Providers: Breaking Point: Ohio’s Behavioral Health Workforce Crisis (December 2021)
The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Services Providers: 2022 School-Based Behavioral Health Services Summary Report
Children & families
Groundwork Ohio: 2023 Early Childhood Dashboard
Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio: Measuring Transformation & Elevating Youth Voice in Child Welfare (April 2022)
HealthAffairs: Associations Between State TANF Policies, Child Protective Services Involvement, And Foster Care Placement (December 2022)
Ohio Family Care Association: Racism in the Laws, Rules, Policies, and Practices in Ohio’s Child Welfare System: A Family Review (December 2022)
Publicly Funded Child Care and Step Up To Quality Study Committee: Final Committee Report (December 2022)
Publicly Funded Child Care and Step Up To Quality Study Committee: Interim Committee Report (February 2022)
PCSAO: Placement Crisis Affecting Children Services Report (2022)
PCSAO: Building a 21st Century Children Services Workforce (2022)
Public Children Services Association of Ohio (PCSAO) 2022 Factbook
Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Ohio ACEs Impact Project
Ohio Lead Free Kids Coalition: Ohio Action Plan for Lead-Free Children
Aging & older adults
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging: Social Isolation: A Public Health Epidemic
Human services safety net
Advocates for Ohio’s Future: Public Benefits Eligibility Infographic (January 2024)
AOF: Medicaid Eligibility Guide (January 2024)
Ohio Association of Foodbanks: More Ways SNAP Can Help YOU (April 2024)
Policy Matters Ohio: EITC Factsheets by State House and Senate Districts (2021)
health
Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Social Drivers of Infant Mortality (2023)
Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Ohio Medicaid Basics 2023
Health Policy Institute of Ohio: 2023 Health Value Dashboard
Health Policy Institute of Ohio: Trends in Enrollment and Expenditures During the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 2022)
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, Ohio Unity Coalition, and Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence: Reported Experience with Discrimination in the Health Care System (2022)