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New ADA Rules And Policies For Ohio Public Assistance Programs Take Effect On October 1

by mikesmalz
September 23, 2014January 16, 2015

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has adopted new Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) rules and policies governing the administration of the… Read More »

Changes to Ohio Protection Order Law Take Effect on September 17, 2014

by mikesmalz
September 22, 2014January 16, 2015

House Bill 309 (HB 309) makes several important changes to Ohio protection order laws and brings Ohio law into compliance with the federal Violence Against… Read More »

PIPP Plus Program Has Eliminated Half Billion Dollars in Low Income Customers’ Utility Arrears in 2011

by mikesmalz
July 9, 2012June 9, 2016

Good news for low-income Ohioans struggling to pay their utility bills: major changes to Ohio’s Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program that went into… Read More »

New Legislation Would Extend Unemployment Compensation Benefits to Some Part-Time Ohio Workers

by mikesmalz
July 9, 2012June 9, 2016

HB 484, sponsored by Rep. Mike Duffey (R-Worthington), would create the so-called Shared Work Ohio program. Under the bill, if a Shared Work program is… Read More »

New Ohio Human Trafficking Law

by mikesmalz
July 9, 2012June 9, 2016

On June 27, 2012, Governor Kasich signed the new Ohio Human Trafficking Law, House Bill 262 (HB 262), after it was passed by the Ohio General Assembly… Read More »

Governor Kasich Signs New Collateral Sanctions Law

by mikesmalz
July 6, 2012June 9, 2016

On June 26, 2012, Governor Kasich signed Senate Bill 337 (SB 337), which removes, or creates mechanisms for removing, a wide range of so-called “collateral sanctions”… Read More »