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The
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported yesterday that
unemployment rose from 9.7 percent in March to 10.2 percent in April,
putting Ohio's rate into the double digits and forecasting continued
economic decline in the State.
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Hunger in Ohio Fact Sheet
HUNGER ISSUES FOR 2009The Hunger Network in Ohio--in cooperation with the overall Vote Out Poverty campaign, Ohio Anti-hunger Task Force, and our ongoing collegial network of human service advocates--will work cooperatively within five principal areas (Hunger, Health care, Homelessness/Housing, Education, and Employment). Recognizing the hunger implications within each of these poverty-related indices, urgent food assistance will remain our primary focus. In response to a severely declining economy and financial deficiencies among Ohioans, we will dedicate ourselves to especially three dimensions of hunger relief: • Availability of Emergency Food. Advocating for increasing state support for the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbank system, participation in gleaning in conjunction with the Society of St. Andrew’s, generating support for church and community emergency feeding programs. • Spread of Benefit Banks. Working especially with individual church and ecumenical groups throughout the state to develop expertise in food pantry workers for helping clients to obtain public sources for which they, through their economic disparity, qualify. • Supplemental Food Assistance. Promoting federal increase in the amount and availability of “food stamps,” WIC, community meals programs.
Electronic Public Policy Network: HungerNetOhioIn order to make information about hunger-related issues more readily available, the Hunger Network in Ohio recent initiated an Electronic Public Policy Network. It is designed to be in touch with interested persons as soon as public policies are introduced and prime opportunities are available to influence legislators. It also offers background information and reference to parallel efforts of other organizations as well as invites comments, questions, and interaction. Because of increasing restrictions on this way of communicating these days, we need to be sure that you want to receive our messages and we need a request directly from you. So please, email us immediately at info@hungernetohio.org if you are interested in becoming part of "HungerNetOhio." View Past Issues of HungerNetOhio.
Contact
Bob Erickson, Director
Find your Congressperson at the Ohio Legislative Directory http://ohio.gov/GovState.stm#ohleg
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