EARN is a nationwide network of research, policy, and public engagement organizations fighting, state by state, for an economy that works for everyone.
Our NetworkEarncon 2018: Chicago
EARN concludes 2018 conference in Chicago with "The Future of EARN"
The 2018 EARN Conference celebrated building economic power for working families and communities. As EARN celebrates its 20th anniversary, the closing plenary session featured four EARN directors stepping back and reflecting on where EARN has been and where EARN should be heading in its next 20 years.
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Refundable tax credits for working families put kids first
- November 9, 2018
- Policy Matters Ohio
- Hannah Halbert
Poverty rates in Ohio remain high despite improvements in the job market. There were still 115,000 more Ohioans living in poverty in 2017 than in the year prior to the last recession.Child poverty is exceedingly high. Cleveland has the highest child poverty in the nation — nearly half of all kids. Cincinnati had the third […]
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Breaking barriers: Issue 1 could put Ohioans back to work
- November 9, 2018
- Policy Matters Ohio
- Michael Shields
The consequences of a criminal conviction extend far beyond the sentence imposed in court. Ohio’s legislature and its administrative bodies have constructed an array of legal restrictions, called collateral sanctions, that can limit access to housing, licensing and jobs. Policy Matters Ohio has found that collateral sanctions limit or bar access to one in four […]
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Loopholes in a loophole
- October 31, 2018
- Policy Matters Ohio
- Zach Schiller
Tens of thousands of upper-income Ohioans are qualifying for tax credits that seemingly are limited to those who have much lower incomes. It’s all legal – and it’s probably costing the state millions of dollars a year.
