00:00:01>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:07COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS LLP.
00:00:12HELPING PEOPLE SOLVE COMPLEX
LEGAL PROBLEMS ARE AROUND THE
00:00:19WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:23ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:00:26PROFESSIONALS, AND FACULTY TO
ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:29SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
OHEA.ORG.
00:00:32ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE STATE
OF OHIO IS MADE POSSIBLE BY E-
00:00:36TECH OHIO.
>> ONE LONGTIME OHIO COMPANY
00:00:42LEAVES, AS THE STATE TRIES TO
LURE IN ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN BIG
00:00:43BUSINESS.
MORE LAWMAKERS ARE PLANNING
00:00:46THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE
LEGISLATURE.
00:00:48AND THE RECESSION IS NOT IN
REMISSION FOR MANY OHIOANS.
00:00:501 IN 5 IS ON MEDICAID, ONE IN
SIX IS GETTING FOOD STAMPS.
00:00:54AND NOW IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON,
ADVOCATES FOR THE HUNGRY AND
00:00:58THE HOMELESS SAY THINGS ARE AS
BAD AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN, AND
00:01:00THEY COULD BE GETTING WORSE.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:01:04OHIO."
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER TWO
00:01:11BIG JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS IN
NORTHEAST OHIO, THE STATE GETS
00:01:13THE NEWS THAT ONE LONGTIME
COMPANY IS LEAVING.
00:01:15CHIQUITA BRANDS IS TAKING AN
OFFER TO MOVE ITS GLOBAL
00:01:19HEADQUARTERS TO CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA AND SPLITTING
00:01:21FROM CINCINNATI.
THE DEAL INCLUDES MORE THAN $20
00:01:25MILLION IN STATE INCENTIVES AND
MORE THAN $2 MILLION FROM
00:01:28CHARLOTTE.
THE MOVE OF THE BANANA GIANT'S
00:01:30HEADQUARTERS, AS WELL ITS
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
00:01:34LABORATORIES, WILL BRING ABOUT
375 JOBS TO NORTH CAROLINA BY
00:01:372014.
THE AVERAGE PAY FOR THOSE JOBS
00:01:40IS $107,000.
00:01:43MEANWHILE, OHIO IS RATCHETING UP
ITS SALES PITCH TO SEARS,
00:01:47OFFERING THE RETAILER $400
MILLION TO COME TO OHIO FROM
00:01:50ILLINOIS.
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR ILLINOIS GOV.
00:01:54PAT QUINN SAYS OHIO'S OFFER IS
ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE OFFER THAT
00:01:57STATE HAS MADE TO KEEP SEARS
HOLDINGS CORP. FROM LEAVING
00:02:01SUBURBAN CHICAGO.
THIS ECONOMIC NEWS COMES NOT
00:02:05LONG AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
EXPANSIONS, INVESTMENTS AND
00:02:08MORE JOBS AT THE JEEP COMPLEX
IN TOLEDO AND REPUBLIC STEEL IN
00:02:11LORAIN.
THE EXPECTED SPONSOR OF A BILL
00:02:16THAT WOULD BAN CASUAL OWNERSHIP
OF EXOTIC ANIMALS IN OHIO SAYS
00:02:18IT WILL LIKELY BE INTRODUCED
EARLY NEXT YEAR.
00:02:20SENATOR TROY BALDERSON OF
ZANESVILLE SAYS THE TWO WEEKS
00:02:26LEFT IN THE 2011 LEGISLATIVE
CALENDAR AREN'T ENOUGH TO CRAFT
00:02:29A COMPREHENSIVE BILL.
A TASK FORCE SET UP AFTER A
00:02:34ZANESVILLE MAN RELEASED DOZENS
OF WILD ANIMALS FROM CAGES ON
00:02:39HIS PROPERTY AND KILLED HIMSELF
IN OCTOBER HAS RECOMMENDED THE
00:02:42STATE EFFECTIVELY BAN THE
OWNERSHIP OF EXOTIC, DANGEROUS
00:02:47ANIMALS BY ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN
ZOOS, CIRCUSES AND RESEARCH
00:02:49FACILITIES.
THE REPORT SUGGESTS THE BAN
00:02:51START IN 2014.
OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO MEET NEW
00:02:54TEMPORARY SAFETY STANDARDS
BEFORE THEN AND REGISTER THEIR
00:02:57ANIMALS WITH THE STATE.
00:02:59ANOTHER LAWMAKER IS LEAVING THE
LEGISLATURE.
00:03:00REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE AND
FORMER SENATOR JOHN CAREY OF
00:03:05WELLSTON HAS BEEN NAMED AS
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
00:03:08GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT
00:03:11SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN
PORTSMOUTH.
00:03:12THREE OTHER LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO
-- TWO OTHER LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO
00:03:21ANNOUNCED THEIR DEPARTURES -
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE TIM
00:03:23DEGEETER LEAVES TO BECOME THE
MAYOR OF PARMA AND REPUBLICAN
00:03:24REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD
HOLLINGTON WILL TAKE OVER AS
00:03:26MAYOR OF HUNTING VALLEY IN
SUBURBAN CLEVELAND.
00:03:27IN ALL, AT LEAST 13 LAWMAKERS
ARE NOT IN THE SAME OFFICE IN
00:03:34WHICH THEY STARTED THE YEAR.
SOME HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO
00:03:36FILL OTHER OPEN SEATS, AND
OTHERS HAVE LEFT FOR OTHER
00:03:38POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT OR IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
00:03:40THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN SHOWING
SIGNS OF STABILIZING.
00:03:44THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OHIO
IS NOW AT 9%, DOWN FROM 9.8% A
00:03:47YEAR AGO.
OHIO HAS BEEN MOVING UP ON
00:03:52NATIONAL LISTS OF BEST BUSINESS
CLIMATE AND LOWERED TAX BURDENS.
00:03:55AND THERE'S THE PROMISE OF LOTS
OF JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY WITH
00:04:00THE NATURAL GAS AND OIL
DEPOSITS THOUGHT TO BE IN THE
00:04:02MARCELLUS AND UTICA SHALE
THROUGHOUT OHIO, MUCH OF IT IN
00:04:06APPALACHIA.
BUT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
00:04:09LIVING IN POVERTY NOW THAN AT
ANY OTHER TIME IN US HISTORY --
00:04:1315.1%, MORE THAN 46 MILLION
PEOPLE.
00:04:151.7 MILLION OHIOANS, OR NEARLY
16%, ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
00:04:20AND THEN THERE ARE THE SWELLING
NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO ARE THE
00:04:25POOREST OF THE POOR, WHO MAKE
HALF OF THE POVERTY LEVEL OR
00:04:29$5,570 A YEAR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
OR A LITTLE OVER $11,000 FOR A
00:04:33FAMILY OF FOUR.
CENSUS DATA SHOWS 1 IN 15
00:04:37PEOPLE FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
IN OHIO, THERE ARE MORE THAN
00:04:42823,000 PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP.
ONE IN FIVE OHIOANS IS ON
00:04:46MEDICAID, AND ONE IN SIX IS
GETTING WHAT USED TO BE CALLED
00:04:49FOOD STAMPS.
NEARLY HALF OF THOSE RECEIVING
00:04:51FOOD STAMPS ARE CHILDREN.
A STUDY FROM THE BROOKINGS
00:04:56INSTITUTION SAYS YOUNGSTOWN HAS
THE NATION'S HIGHEST
00:04:59CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY AMONG
THE 100 BIGGEST METRO AREAS,
00:05:02AND THREE OHIO CITIES, TOLEDO,
YOUNGSTOWN AND DAYTON, ARE IN
00:05:07THE TOP 10 FOR THE BIGGEST
POVERTY RATE INCREASES.
00:05:10AND POVERTY IS SPREADING RAPIDLY
TO THE SUBURBS.
00:05:13THE POVERTY RATE IS INCREASING
IN COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO
00:05:17URBAN AREAS AT TWICE THE RATE
IT'S GROWING IN CITIES.
00:05:18AND HOMELESSNESS IS ALSO ON THE
RISE.
00:05:21SHELTERS ARE REPORTING NO
AVAILABLE BEDS.
00:05:25A CENTER IN CLEVELAND REPORTS A
44% INCREASE IN DEMAND OVER
00:05:28LAST YEAR, AND THE GREATER
CINCINNATI COALITION FOR THE
00:05:31HOMELESS SAYS FAMILIES ALREADY
GETTING HELPED CAN'T BE CYCLED
00:05:35THROUGH FAST ENOUGH TO REACH
THOSE ON THE WAITING LIST.
00:05:39HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CONTINUING PROBLEMS OF HUNGER
00:05:42AND HOMELESSNESS IN OHIO ARE
TWO VETERAN SAFETY NET
00:05:45ADVOCATES.
LISA HAMLER-FUGITT IS THE
00:05:49EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF SECOND HARVEST
00:05:52FOOD BANKS.
AND BILL FAITH IS THE EXECUTIVE
00:05:56DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING IN
00:05:58OHIO.
THIS IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
00:06:03PEOPLE FEEL COMPELLED TO GIVE,
DONATE, AND SHARE WITH OTHERS.
00:06:07IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS
YEAR?
00:06:09IS IT A CONTINUING BAD STREAM OF
NEWS?
00:06:12>> O HIGH WINDS ARE GENEROUS.
I WANT TO SAY -- OHIONANS ARE
00:06:25GENEROUS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE
00:06:28GENEROUS, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING
THE DONATIONS WE HAVE HAD IN
00:06:31PREVIOUS YEARS.
CORPORATIONS ARE CURTAILING
00:06:35THEIR GIFT-GIVING AS WELL.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INDIVIDUALS
00:06:41CANNOT MAKE UP FOR THE CUTS WE
HAVE TAKEN IN GOVERNMENT
00:06:44FUNDING.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A SIMILAR
00:06:46STORY.
JUST THIS YEAR, IN THE LAST FEW
00:06:49WEEKS, THE CONGRESS PASSED AN
APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
00:06:52WE WERE BRACING FOR WHAT THE
SUPER COMMITTEE MIGHT DO.
00:06:58THE CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE CUT
OUR KEY HOUSING PROGRAM
00:07:05SIGNIFICANTLY.
13% CUTS IN SOME.
00:07:09ONE PROGRAM GOT A 38% CUT, THE
HOME A PROGRAM.
00:07:12IT IS AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE
SEEING THE NUMBERS RISING.
00:07:16UNLIKE IN THE FOOD SITUATION,
WHEN THE RECESSION HIT, THERE
00:07:21IS SUDDEN JOB LOSS, PEOPLE FIND
THEMSELVES WITHOUT A STEADY
00:07:25STREAM OF INCOME, UNEMPLOYMENT
ONLY HELPS A LITTLE.
00:07:29THEY WILL TURN TO FOOD PANTRIES
FASTER.
00:07:32THEY WILL MAKE THEIR FOOD
BUDGET.
00:07:35>> KEEP THE ROOF OVER THEIR
HEAD.
00:07:37>> RIGHT.
THEY WILL DO ANY NUMBER OF
00:07:39THINGS.
THEY WILL LET OTHER NEEDS OF THE
00:07:43FAMILY GO BEFORE THEY STOP
PAYING FOR HOUSING.
00:07:45IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN
THE INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS.
00:07:51FOR YEARS, PRIOR TO THAT, WE SAW
A STABILIZATION OF THE NUMBERS.
00:07:56IN SOME YEARS, WE SAW A DECREASE
IN THE NUMBERS.
00:08:00SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE
EMPLOYED TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM
00:08:05WORKED.
BUT NOW, WITH THE RECESSION AND
00:08:08ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, IT JUST IS
STUBBORNLY STAYING WITH US.
00:08:11IT HAS HIT FAMILIES PARTICULARLY
HARD, EVEN SINGLE INDIVIDUALS.
00:08:18STATEWIDE, IT IS ABOUT A 10%,
JUST UNDER 10% INCREASE.
00:08:23SOME COMMUNITIES ARE
EXPERIENCING A LOT MORE.
00:08:25IN COLUMBUS, THEY HAD AN
OVERFLOW SITUATION TWO YEARS AGO
00:08:32WHERE THEY WERE FULL AT THE
SHELTERS 56 TIMES, 56 DIFFERENT
00:08:39DAYS.
THEY HAVE FAMILY SHOW UP, 56
00:08:42DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
THEY WERE FULL, DID NOT KNOW
00:08:45WHAT TO DO.
THEY HAD TO SQUEEZE TO MAKE
00:08:47ROOM.
IN THE LAST YEAR, THAT HAPPENED
00:08:523000, 312 TIMES.
-- 3312 TIMES.
00:08:57THE MONEY THEY HAVE HAD TO RAISE
IS ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL
00:09:02SPENDING.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU COME IN THE
00:09:05STATISTICS I HAVE LOOKED AT, THE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ACCESSING YOUR
00:09:08SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME SEEM
TO BE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY,
00:09:13ALMOST.
IS THAT THE CASE?
00:09:14>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE SEEING IT IN THE SUBURBS.
00:09:17IN OUR FOOD PANTRIES THAT HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED THE HARDEST, THOSE
00:09:22ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT SERVED
WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY
00:09:26AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES, AFFLUENT
COMMUNITIES IN CLEVELAND AND
00:09:31CINCINNATI, IN COLUMBUS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT DUBLIN,
00:09:36WORTHINGTON.
IN FACT, ONE FOOD PANTRY
00:09:41EXPERIENCED A 330% INCREASE IN
ONE YEAR.
00:09:43NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT
OF COMMERCE SALES TO EXTEND
00:09:52UNEMPLOYMENT.
IT COULD BE A CATASTROPHE.
00:09:54>> IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU HEAR THE
PERCEPTION IT IS THE SAME PEOPLE
00:09:57OVER AND OVER IN THE SYSTEM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE NEW
00:10:02PEOPLE COMING IN NOW.
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PEOPLE IN
00:10:06THE SYSTEM OUT AND NOW NEW
PEOPLE ARE COMING IN.
00:10:08>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE NUMBERS, ONE OF THE CITY'S
00:10:12RECENTLY DID AN ANALYSIS AND
FOUND THAT 64% OF THE PEOPLE
00:10:16ENTERING SHELTER HAD NEVER BEEN
HOMELESS BEFORE.
00:10:18THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW
00:10:25THE SYSTEM WORKS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO
00:10:27GET HELP.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK TO
00:10:30GET THEMSELVES OUT OF THE
SITUATION.
00:10:32THEY REPRESENT THEIR OWN
CHALLENGES.
00:10:35THAT SHOWS THAT THESE ARE FOLKS
THAT HAD JOBS, PEOPLE BUT FOR
00:10:42PAYING THEIR BILLS, BUT THIS
ECONOMY HAS REALLY CHANGED THE
00:10:47DYNAMIC QUITE A BIT.
REALLY, THE REALITY OF IT IS, WE
00:10:51HAVE HAD THIS FORECLOSURE
CRISIS.
00:10:53IT HAS BEEN VERY STUBBORN.
THIS YEAR, WE -- IT MAY BE THE
00:10:59FIRST YEAR IN 15 YEARS WE DID
NOT HIT A RECORD LEVEL OF
00:11:03FORECLOSURES.
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD
00:11:05NEWS.
FEWER FORECLOSURES.
00:11:07WHAT THAT HAS DONE IN THE RENTAL
MARKET, IT ALMOST HAS NO
00:11:12OCCUPANCY.
NO VACANCIES.
00:11:14>> ESPECIALLY IN AFFORDABLE
RENTAL HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT
00:11:19PEOPLE YOU ARE SERVING REALLY
NEED.
00:11:21>> ABSOLUTELY.
FOR A TYPICAL TWO-BEDROOM UNIT
00:11:26HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, SIMILAR
NUMBERS AROUND THE STATE, IT IS
00:11:29ABOUT $780 A MONTH FOR A TWO-
BEDROOM UNIT.
00:11:33THAT IS LOWER-END.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU NEED TO
00:11:38MAKE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT
UNIT.
00:11:40YOU'RE NOT PAYING MORE THAN 30%
OF YOUR INCOME FOR YOUR HOUSING.
00:11:45YOU NEED A $16 AN HOUR JOB,
WHICH ISN'T A HUGE AMOUNT OF
00:11:50MONEY, BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
EVEN WITH FULL-TIME JOBS THAT
00:11:54ARE NOT MAKING ANYTHING CLOSE TO
THAT.
00:11:56THE SITUATION WITH DISABILITIES
IS EVEN MUCH WORSE.
00:12:01THEIR SSI PAYMENT IS ONLY $674 A
MONTH FOR EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
00:12:08THERE IS A BIG DISCONNECT
BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE MAKE, OR
00:12:13WHAT THEIR INCOMES ARE, AND
WHAT IT COSTS TO PROVIDE HOUSING
00:12:17FOR FAMILIES.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
00:12:20NATIONAL POVERTY RATE AT 15%.
IT IS 7% WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
00:12:25PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING.
THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING
00:12:28WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, THERE IS
00:12:32WORK AVAILABLE.
YOU SEE SIGNS SAYING "NOW
00:12:36HIRING."
IS THERE WORK AVAILABLE?
00:12:38IS IT THE RIGHT WORK AVAILABLE?
>> THE ONLY JOBS WE ARE REALLY
00:12:42SEEING THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE
GENERALLY PART-TIME, CONTINGENT
00:12:49WORK, MINIMUM WAGE, SLIGHTLY
ABOVE, MINIMUM WAGE IN JANUARY
00:12:53IN OHIO WILL GO TO $7.70.
BILL IS TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU
00:12:57NEED TO EARN TWICE THE MINIMUM
WAGE JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD
00:13:01HOUSING.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND
00:13:04FULL-TIME WORK, WHICH PROVIDES
BENEFITS, NOT ONLY PAID TIME
00:13:10OFF, EMPLOYER-PROVIDED HEALTH
CARE.
00:13:12THAT IS WHY WE'RE SEEING EVEN
AMONG THOSE THAT ARE WORKING,
00:13:16CHILDREN ARE ON THE CHILDREN'S
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.
00:13:20THEY'RE ON THE LOW-INCOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
00:13:25THESE ARE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT
ARE SUPPORTING LOW-WAGE JOBS.
00:13:29AND FOR THE FORMALLY WHITE-
COLLAR PROFESSIONALS, ABOUT 13%
00:13:41OF THE FOLKS WHO WE ARE
CURRENTLY SERVING REPORT THEY
00:13:45PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN
PROFESSIONAL MANAGERIAL JOBS.
00:13:48THOSE JOBS JUST ARE NOT
AVAILABLE.
00:13:51>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE MOVING IN TO EVEN MORE
00:13:54AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE PROGRAMS
WE WORK ON TO PROVIDE LOWER-COST
00:14:00HOUSING, THEY WORK.
THEY COULD NOT LIVE THERE IF
00:14:04THEY DID NOT WORK.
>> THEIR PEOPLE THAT MAY SAY,
00:14:07WHY DON'T THEY GET A SECOND JOB?
WHY ISN'T SOMEONE ELSE IN THE
00:14:11FAMILY WORKING?
>> I MEAN, THE WORK OF THE JOBS
00:14:15THEY CAN FIND.
IF THEY COULD FIND BETTER-PAYING
00:14:17JOBS, BELIEVE ME, THEY WOULD
TAKE THEM.
00:14:19THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FULL
TIME.
00:14:21THERE ARE TWO ADULTS IN THE
HOUSEHOLD, THEY'RE BOTH WORKING
00:14:26TO A FOR THEIR HOUSING.
AS LISA POINTS OUT, MOST OF
00:14:30THESE JOBS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH
CARE.
00:14:32THERE IS NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
IF THEY WANT TO PROVIDE HEALTH
00:14:36CARE, I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO COME
UP WITH AN EXTRA $600 A MONTH
00:14:39FOR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
00:14:42THAT COULD TAKE A BIG HUNK OF
ONE OF THE INCOMES.
00:14:48>> THE OTHER ISSUE, PEOPLE
SOMETIMES LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS
00:14:53AND SAY, SHOULDN'T THEY WORRY
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THEIR
00:14:56CHOICE?
THEIR CHOICE IS TO NOT GRADUATE
00:14:59TO HIGH-SCHOOL -- FROM MY
SCHOOL, TO SPEND MONEY ON A FLAT
00:15:03SCREEN TV, THEIR CHOICE IS TO
SMOKE.
00:15:05HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS?
PEOPLE SAY, THEY'RE SPENDING
00:15:10THEIR WAYS IN -- THEIR MONEY IN
WAYS THEY SHOULDN'T.
00:15:13THEY SHOULD ACCEPT THE
CONSEQUENCES.
00:15:15>> I THINK THE LAST PEOPLE IN
LINE FOR CREDITS ARE THE PEOPLE
00:15:20THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
IN MY BUSINESS, IN WORKING WITH
00:15:23HOMELESS PEOPLE, A LARGE SEGMENT
OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS
00:15:27SERIOUS DISABILITIES.
YOU COULD BLAME THEM FOR THEIR
00:15:31CONDITION, BUT THAT IS A
MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR
00:15:36CONDITION TRULY IS.
IT DOES US NO GOOD AS A SOCIETY
00:15:41TO NOT HELP THEM HAVE A BASIC,
STABLE LIFE.
00:15:45I THINK IT IS TRUE FOR WORKING
YOUNG FAMILIES WHO ARE WORKING
00:15:51AND STILL SORT OF ENTERING THE
JOB MARKET, BUT STILL CANNOT
00:15:55MAKE ENDS MEET.
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A HAND.
00:15:57IT KEEPS THEM MORE STABLE.
IT KEEPS KIDS IN SCHOOL.
00:16:01IT PROVIDES FOR A HEALTHIER
SITUATION FOR THEM AND THEIR
00:16:05NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR
COMMUNITY.
00:16:06TO NOT HELP THEM IS FOOLISH.
IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE REST OF
00:16:09US.
>> WE ALL BENEFIT FROM TAXES.
00:16:14IT IS IN OUR BEST COLLECTIVE
INTEREST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
00:16:21A SOLID TAX RATE THAT PROVIDES
FOR WHAT WE NEED NOT ONLY TO
00:16:25STABILIZE OUR ECONOMY, BUT TO
MOVE FORWARD.
00:16:28PEOPLE SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DRIVE ON PUBLIC
00:16:32ROADS, THEY STAY IN THE HOME.
THEY RECEIVE A MORTGAGE TAX
00:16:37DEDUCTION.
IT IS EASY TO POINT THE FINGER
00:16:40AND BLAME SOMEONE ELSE.
WE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
00:16:42WE ALL BENEFIT.
WHAT I SAY TO THOSE FOLKS, COME
00:16:45WALK A MILE IN THE SHOES OF A
LOW-INCOME PERSON.
00:16:50YOU MAY SEE THINGS VERY
DIFFERENTLY.
00:16:53>> 20% OF OHIOANS ON MEDICAID.
60 PERCENT AND GETTING FOOD
00:17:02STAMPS.
>> FOOD STAMPS ARE FEDERALLY
00:17:04FUNDED.
$60,000 COMES IN IN FOOD STAMP
00:17:10BENEFITS.
IT IS EQUIVALENT TO ONE JOB.
00:17:12AGAIN, THIS IS A BROADER
QUESTION IN A CONVERSATION THAT
00:17:18WE NEED TO HAVE.
WHAT DO WE WANT AS AN ECONOMY?
00:17:21THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME MORE
SUPPORT PROGRAMS ON THE HEALTH
00:17:28CARE SIDE.
GOV TAFT, I REMEMBER HIM TELLING
00:17:31US THAT MEDICAID WAS THE MONSTER
THAT WAS --
00:17:36>> THE PAC MAN OF THE BUDGET.
>> IT WOULD EAT US ALIVE.
00:17:42THERE IS A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN
POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND
00:17:46NUTRITION.
WE SPEND $18.8 BILLION IN
00:17:50GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS THIS YEAR
ALONE.
00:17:51THE HEALTH CARE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT IS REALLY DIET-
00:17:59RELATED DISEASES.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF OBESITY.
00:18:03>> PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO EAT FOOD
THAT HAVE A LOT OF CALORIES,
00:18:11THAT ARE NOT FRESH OR WHOLESOME
FOOD, BECAUSE IT IS THE
00:18:14CHEAPEST.
IT IS TIME THAT WE MAKE
00:18:16INVESTMENTS THAT WE KNOW WILL
WORK, WHICH WILL PROMOTE BETTER
00:18:22HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF US.
>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
00:18:25THAT, RIGHT NOW, IS UNDER DEBATE
ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT MEDICAID.
00:18:30I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT SO
MUCH OF OUR MEDICAID BUDGET ON
00:18:35VERY EXPENSIVE FORMS OF CARE, ON
INSTITUTIONALIZED SETTINGS FOR
00:18:40DELIVERY OF CARE, LIKE NURSING
HOMES, THE HOSPITALIZATION, THE
00:18:47INSTITUTIONAL AS ASIAN OF PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES.
00:18:49>> MAY BE PREVENTION --
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PEOPLE
00:18:55WITH DISABILITIES.
>> MAY BE PREVENTION.
00:18:57>> IT STARTS WITH HAVING A PLACE
TO CALL HOME.
00:19:00IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER FOR ALL OF
US -- IT IS BETTER CARE, WE'RE
00:19:05NOT PUTTING THEM IN A MISERABLE
SITUATION, WE ARE PUTTING THEM
00:19:09IN THEIR OWN HOME, AND IT IS
LESS EXPENSIVE TO THE STATE.
00:19:12>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT
THAT THE INVESTMENT DOES PAY
00:19:15OFF.
IT IS BECOMING A HARD ARGUMENT
00:19:18TO MAKE.
>> WE HAVE EMBRACED THE STRATEGY
00:19:22IN THE HOMELESS WORLD OF
PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
00:19:25WHAT WE WERE DOING, EVEN WHEN WE
FIND THE SHELTERS, WE HAD PEOPLE
00:19:31STAYING IN SHELTERS, 200 DAYS
OUT OF THE YEAR.
00:19:3650 DAYS, THEY WERE IN A HOSPITAL
OR MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.
00:19:40ANOTHER 50 DAYS, THEY WERE IN
JAIL.
00:19:45THESE ARE FOLKS WITH MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS.
00:19:48A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS.
00:19:50IF WE MOVE THEM OUT OF THOSE
EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE
00:19:55INSTITUTIONALIZED SETTINGS THAT
COST US ALL A FORTUNE TO KEEP
00:20:00THEM THERE, WE'RE SPENDING A
FORTUNE ON PUTTING THEM IN THE
00:20:03MISERY COME INSTEAD, SPEND LESS
MONEY ON PROVIDING THEM AN
00:20:07AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE WITH
THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO
00:20:10CONTINUE TO BE STABLE, WHICH IS
JUST MEDICATION, REGULAR VISITS
00:20:15TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, I
MEAN, THAT IS A MUCH MORE COST-
00:20:21EFFECTIVE THING.
IT IS MUCH BETTER FOR THE
00:20:23INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED.
>> AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS
00:20:26WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
DOCTORS TELL US THEY DON'T
00:20:30UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS WHEN THEY
KNOW WHAT THEIR PATIENCE NEED TO
00:20:33TREAT DIET-RELATED DISEASES,
RENAL FAILURE, HYPERTENSION,
00:20:40ACCESS TO THE APPROPRIATE USE
THAT WILL HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR
00:20:43DIET.
INSTEAD, THEY ARE REIMBURSED
00:20:46THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A PILL.
WE HAVE TO TURN THIS AROUND.
00:20:50>> FINALLY, THE GOAL IS TO GET
IN PLACE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE
00:20:56WILL NOT NEED YOU ANYMORE.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT.
00:20:59GET PEOPLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
SEE THEM AGAIN.
00:21:01>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> CERTAINLY, WORKING THROUGH
00:21:06THE OHIO BENEFIT BANK, WE HAVE
SERVED OVER 270,000 OHIOANS,
00:21:15CONNECTING THEM TO THE WORK
SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND TAX CREDITS
00:21:18THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS.
00:21:20WE WANT PEOPLE STANDING IN
GROCERY STORE CHECKOUT LINES
00:21:23INSTEAD OF FOOD PANTRY LINES.
WE CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE
00:21:29PROGRAMS SO THEY CAN MAKE THE
BEST-INFORMED DECISIONS FOR
00:21:31THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A VERY FRANK
00:21:35CONVERSATION ABOUT WAGES.
PEOPLE WHO WORK SHOULD BE ABLE
00:21:38TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND
NOT HAVE TO BE FORCED INTO A
00:21:42FOOD PANTRY LINE.
THEY ALSO SHOULD NOT BE AT RISK
00:21:45OF HOMELESSNESS OR BEING TAKEN
IN BY A FAMILY OR FRIEND,
00:21:50SLEEPING ON SOME DISCOUNT.
>> I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT
00:21:53ONLY HOUSING PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS.
00:21:56IT IS A PRETTY SIMPLE SENTENCE
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
00:21:59>> IT IS NOT ALL THAT MAGICAL.
PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO LIVE.
00:22:03SOME PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
THEY NEED OTHER SERVICES AND
00:22:08SUPPORT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WATCHED THE
00:22:12POLITICAL DISCOURSE THESE DAYS
IN WASHINGTON AND IN COLUMBUS.
00:22:16WE NEED TO BREAK THINGS OPEN TO
SAY, WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN
00:22:21THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE POLITICIANS REALLY NEED TO
00:22:24COME TOGETHER.
THEY ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT
00:22:27JOBS.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OUT THE OTHER
00:22:30END.
A MUCH BETTER ECONOMY WOULD
00:22:31IMPROVE THESE SITUATIONS.
IT WOULD NOT SOLVE THEM
00:22:35ENTIRELY.
IT WOULD IMPROVE THEM
00:22:37TREMENDOUSLY.
SO, LET'S GET TO WORK.
00:22:40YOU KNOW, THIS NATION IS STRONG.
WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN WE
00:22:44ARE DOING, BUT THE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS NEED TO PUT DOWN
00:22:48THEIR SWORDS LONG ENOUGH TO GET
SOMETHING DONE FOR THE PEOPLE.
00:22:51>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
00:22:54AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
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00:23:08TIME FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO."
WE LEAVE YOU WITH SOUNDS AND
00:23:11IMAGES FROM THIS WEEK'S HOLIDAY
TREE LIGHTING AT THE STATEHOUSE.
00:23:13?
>> WE'RE JOINED TONIGHT BY FIRST
00:23:22LADY KAREN KASICH.
>> MY WISH FOR YOU THIS HOLIDAY
00:23:28SEASON AS YOU'LL REMEMBER TO
TAKE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND
00:23:31FRIENDS AND BE WITH THEM.
IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT THE RIBBONS
00:23:36AND BOWS.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU WILL
00:23:38HAVE THEM.
CAN THE ACADEMY GIVE US A GOOD
00:23:43SONG YEAR FOR SANTA?
[CHILDREN CHANTING]
00:23:49[CHILDREN SINGING]
?
00:24:11>> SANTA AND MISSES CLAUS, WOULD
YOU JOIN US IN LIGHT IN THE
00:24:19OHIO'S HOLIDAY TREE?
ALL RIGHT.
00:24:21-- SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS, WOULD
YOU JOIN US IN LETTING --
00:24:35LIGHTING OHIO'S HOLIDAY TREE?
ALL RIGHT.
00:24:411, 2, 3.
?
00:24:44?
>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
00:26:17BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
00:26:19PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS LLP.
HELPING PEOPLE SOLVE COMPLEX
00:26:21LEGAL PROBLEMS ARE AROUND THE --
THROW TO OHIO, ACROSS THE
00:26:26COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:26:30ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:26:33PROFESSIONALS, AND FACULTY TO --
WHO ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:26:38SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
OHEA.ORG.
00:26:40ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE
STATE OF OHIO IS MADE POSSIBLE
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