Ohio
State Government
Governor
Mike DeWine (R)
State Senate
7
Democrats,
26
Republicans
State House
32
Democrats,
67
Republicans
Economic well-being - Ohio
Extreme poverty rate
0.09
Food insecurity
0.153
Minimum wage
10.7
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.295
Poverty rate
12.7%
Unemployment rate
5
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
223000
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
6.7
The Lexington Herald-Leader, July 15, 2013: Displaced Ky. elderly moving to Ohio nursing homes
"A lack of available beds for senior citizens in the Kentucky area neighboring Ohio is increasingly forcing many to move north of the Ohio river, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. The newspaper's investigation showed that Ohio taxpayers shell out more than $6 million per year for the Kentucky patients covered by Medicaid. Sixty percent of the cost is paid using federal dollars and the rest is picked up by the state."
The Columbus Dispatch, May 20, 2013: Merit scholarships could cost neediest college students
"The report by the New America Foundation, a research group based in Washington, D.C., analyzed U.S. Education Department data showing the net price' the amount students pay after grants and scholarships have been exhausted for low-income students at thousands of colleges nationwide for the 2010-11 school year."
The Columbus Dispatch, April 29, 2013: Ohio's public preschool program lagging, report finds
"Like much of the nation, Ohio has slashed enrollment and funding in public preschool for children in low-income families, according to a report released today. State aid for preschool dropped by more than half a billion dollars in the 2011-2012 school year, the largest one-year drop ever, found the study by the National Institute for Early Education Research which has tracked state pre-kindergarten programs since 2002."
The Cincinnati Enquirer, April 26, 2013: Pre-K education on front burner in Kentucky
"Learning those skills in preschool - things like listening skills, vocabulary, sharing, focusing - add up to kindergarten readiness,' which some studies show is critically important to a child's future success. Especially children who come from low-income families - and about 85 percent of these students do."
Springfield News-Sun, April 03, 2013: Schools face up to $1.3M cuts
"Springfield receives the largest cut of federal funding locally at nearly $8 million, including more than $5 million through Title I. With potential cuts of 5 percent in July and an additional 8 percent in October, Miller said the district stands to lose nearly $1 million in federal funding."
The Cincinnati Enquirer, March 24, 2013: Schools tackling chronic absenteeism
"Chronic absenteeism - kids missing more than 10 percent of the school year, or about 18 days - is just as big a problem as mobility, according to reports from states or districts that track that data. In 2011-12, more than 2,300 K-3 students in Greater Cincinnati fell into that category, according to the fledgling Read On! Attendance Collaborative. The coalition of non-profit education and community groups is starting to track absenteeism for the first time."