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Monday, February 22, 2010
Wait lists for seniors to be eliminated
Gov. Ted Strickland moved Monday, Feb. 22, to eliminate wait lists by the end of March for seniors who need in-home care and assisted living programs.
Currently, 592 people are on waiting lists for these services, including 163 in the Dayton and Springfield areas. “We should do our best to support older Ohioans who prefer to live independently in their own homes, but need assistance along the way,” Strickland said. “We have identified existing funds that will allow us to assist all seniors eligible for home and community-based care without a wait.”
As a way to help balance its budget, the state Department of Aging implemented waiting lists for the services. But that in turn causes the state Department of Job and Family Services to see higher costs when seniors are forced to move into nursing homes because in-home services aren’t available.
Strickland is calling for $4.8 million in JFS funds be transferred to the aging department for the services. The transfer is subject to state Controlling Board approval.
AARP Ohio and Ohio Area Agencies on Aging both praised the move.
“We applaud Gov. Ted Strickland for proposing this cost-effective method of ensuring that older Ohioans are able to receive the right services, at the right time, in the right place. Eliminating the waiting list for long-term care services is not only fiscally responsible, it is the answer many older Ohioans and their families seek,” said Jane Taylor, state director of AARP Ohio.
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Cincinnati Tea Party plans West Chester rally, press conference
The Cincinnati Tea Party is holding a rally and press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 6 p.m.- 6:45 p.m. at the Lakota Freshman Campus Auditorium in West Chester, the group announced on Monday, Feb. 22.
Candidates must register by Tuesday, February 23 to participate, a press release said. The auditorium is located at: 5050 Tylersville Road, West Chester, 45069.
“Candidates from any party who are running for office—from precinct executive to president—are welcome to join in and be recognized,” said the release.
“Participants in the rally will be required to commit to basic ethical standards and the Tea Party’s core values: limited government, fiscal responsibility, and free markets. All agreements will be notarized and published on the Cincinnati Tea Party and Cincinnati 9/12 Project websites. No candidates will be endorsed.”
The press conference precedes the West Chester Community Tea Party meeting, which will screen the movie, Not Evil, Just Wrong.
The documentary challenges Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”, the release said. The public is invited to this screening.
Candidates may register at:
https://events.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e2q0kgb199e74b3e&oseq =
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Can Ohio compete in the “Next Economy”?
A report released today, Feb. 22, outlines how Ohio can compete in the so-called “Next Economy” with growing exports, reinvigorated metro areas, “clean-energy” jobs, “clean-tech” venture capital investments and more efficient government.
The report came from the Greater Ohio Policy Center and the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.
Click here to read the whole report.
“Our goal is for the report’s recommendations to usher in a new era of prosperity in Ohio by outlining concrete policies that transform the way the state conducts business and open the way to innovative practices at the local level to take advantage of Ohio’s many assets,” Lavea Brachman, Greater Ohio co-director, Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow, and a co-author of the report, said in a press release.
The report’s 39 recommendations include:
Maintain the successful Third Frontier program
Pass a package of foreclosure prevention and corrective action legislation
Cut the number of Ohio school districts (more than 600 now) by at least one-third
Determine the true costs of Ohio’s proliferation of local governments
Compete aggressively for federal investments in clean energy, industry cluster development, and advanced manufacturing.
