| 00:00:01 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO |
| 00:00:07 | COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS LLP. |
| 00:00:12 | HELPING PEOPLE SOLVE COMPLEX
LEGAL PROBLEMS ARE AROUND THE |
| 00:00:19 | WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION |
| 00:00:23 | ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT |
| 00:00:26 | PROFESSIONALS, AND FACULTY TO
ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC |
| 00:00:29 | SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
OHEA.ORG. |
| 00:00:32 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE STATE
OF OHIO IS MADE POSSIBLE BY E- |
| 00:00:36 | TECH OHIO.
>> ONE LONGTIME OHIO COMPANY |
| 00:00:42 | LEAVES, AS THE STATE TRIES TO
LURE IN ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN BIG |
| 00:00:43 | BUSINESS.
MORE LAWMAKERS ARE PLANNING |
| 00:00:46 | THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE
LEGISLATURE. |
| 00:00:48 | AND THE RECESSION IS NOT IN
REMISSION FOR MANY OHIOANS. |
| 00:00:50 | 1 IN 5 IS ON MEDICAID, ONE IN
SIX IS GETTING FOOD STAMPS. |
| 00:00:54 | AND NOW IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON,
ADVOCATES FOR THE HUNGRY AND |
| 00:00:58 | THE HOMELESS SAY THINGS ARE AS
BAD AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN, AND |
| 00:01:00 | THEY COULD BE GETTING WORSE.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF |
| 00:01:04 | OHIO."
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER TWO |
| 00:01:11 | BIG JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS IN
NORTHEAST OHIO, THE STATE GETS |
| 00:01:13 | THE NEWS THAT ONE LONGTIME
COMPANY IS LEAVING. |
| 00:01:15 | CHIQUITA BRANDS IS TAKING AN
OFFER TO MOVE ITS GLOBAL |
| 00:01:19 | HEADQUARTERS TO CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA AND SPLITTING |
| 00:01:21 | FROM CINCINNATI.
THE DEAL INCLUDES MORE THAN $20 |
| 00:01:25 | MILLION IN STATE INCENTIVES AND
MORE THAN $2 MILLION FROM |
| 00:01:28 | CHARLOTTE.
THE MOVE OF THE BANANA GIANT'S |
| 00:01:30 | HEADQUARTERS, AS WELL ITS
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
| 00:01:34 | LABORATORIES, WILL BRING ABOUT
375 JOBS TO NORTH CAROLINA BY |
| 00:01:37 | 2014.
THE AVERAGE PAY FOR THOSE JOBS |
| 00:01:40 | IS $107,000. |
| 00:01:43 | MEANWHILE, OHIO IS RATCHETING UP
ITS SALES PITCH TO SEARS, |
| 00:01:47 | OFFERING THE RETAILER $400
MILLION TO COME TO OHIO FROM |
| 00:01:50 | ILLINOIS.
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR ILLINOIS GOV. |
| 00:01:54 | PAT QUINN SAYS OHIO'S OFFER IS
ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE OFFER THAT |
| 00:01:57 | STATE HAS MADE TO KEEP SEARS
HOLDINGS CORP. FROM LEAVING |
| 00:02:01 | SUBURBAN CHICAGO.
THIS ECONOMIC NEWS COMES NOT |
| 00:02:05 | LONG AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
EXPANSIONS, INVESTMENTS AND |
| 00:02:08 | MORE JOBS AT THE JEEP COMPLEX
IN TOLEDO AND REPUBLIC STEEL IN |
| 00:02:11 | LORAIN.
THE EXPECTED SPONSOR OF A BILL |
| 00:02:16 | THAT WOULD BAN CASUAL OWNERSHIP
OF EXOTIC ANIMALS IN OHIO SAYS |
| 00:02:18 | IT WILL LIKELY BE INTRODUCED
EARLY NEXT YEAR. |
| 00:02:20 | SENATOR TROY BALDERSON OF
ZANESVILLE SAYS THE TWO WEEKS |
| 00:02:26 | LEFT IN THE 2011 LEGISLATIVE
CALENDAR AREN'T ENOUGH TO CRAFT |
| 00:02:29 | A COMPREHENSIVE BILL.
A TASK FORCE SET UP AFTER A |
| 00:02:34 | ZANESVILLE MAN RELEASED DOZENS
OF WILD ANIMALS FROM CAGES ON |
| 00:02:39 | HIS PROPERTY AND KILLED HIMSELF
IN OCTOBER HAS RECOMMENDED THE |
| 00:02:42 | STATE EFFECTIVELY BAN THE
OWNERSHIP OF EXOTIC, DANGEROUS |
| 00:02:47 | ANIMALS BY ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN
ZOOS, CIRCUSES AND RESEARCH |
| 00:02:49 | FACILITIES.
THE REPORT SUGGESTS THE BAN |
| 00:02:51 | START IN 2014.
OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO MEET NEW |
| 00:02:54 | TEMPORARY SAFETY STANDARDS
BEFORE THEN AND REGISTER THEIR |
| 00:02:57 | ANIMALS WITH THE STATE. |
| 00:02:59 | ANOTHER LAWMAKER IS LEAVING THE
LEGISLATURE. |
| 00:03:00 | REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE AND
FORMER SENATOR JOHN CAREY OF |
| 00:03:05 | WELLSTON HAS BEEN NAMED AS
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR |
| 00:03:08 | GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT |
| 00:03:11 | SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN
PORTSMOUTH. |
| 00:03:12 | THREE OTHER LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO
-- TWO OTHER LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO |
| 00:03:21 | ANNOUNCED THEIR DEPARTURES -
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE TIM |
| 00:03:23 | DEGEETER LEAVES TO BECOME THE
MAYOR OF PARMA AND REPUBLICAN |
| 00:03:24 | REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD
HOLLINGTON WILL TAKE OVER AS |
| 00:03:26 | MAYOR OF HUNTING VALLEY IN
SUBURBAN CLEVELAND. |
| 00:03:27 | IN ALL, AT LEAST 13 LAWMAKERS
ARE NOT IN THE SAME OFFICE IN |
| 00:03:34 | WHICH THEY STARTED THE YEAR.
SOME HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO |
| 00:03:36 | FILL OTHER OPEN SEATS, AND
OTHERS HAVE LEFT FOR OTHER |
| 00:03:38 | POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT OR IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR. |
| 00:03:40 | THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN SHOWING
SIGNS OF STABILIZING. |
| 00:03:44 | THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OHIO
IS NOW AT 9%, DOWN FROM 9.8% A |
| 00:03:47 | YEAR AGO.
OHIO HAS BEEN MOVING UP ON |
| 00:03:52 | NATIONAL LISTS OF BEST BUSINESS
CLIMATE AND LOWERED TAX BURDENS. |
| 00:03:55 | AND THERE'S THE PROMISE OF LOTS
OF JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY WITH |
| 00:04:00 | THE NATURAL GAS AND OIL
DEPOSITS THOUGHT TO BE IN THE |
| 00:04:02 | MARCELLUS AND UTICA SHALE
THROUGHOUT OHIO, MUCH OF IT IN |
| 00:04:06 | APPALACHIA.
BUT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE |
| 00:04:09 | LIVING IN POVERTY NOW THAN AT
ANY OTHER TIME IN US HISTORY -- |
| 00:04:13 | 15.1%, MORE THAN 46 MILLION
PEOPLE. |
| 00:04:15 | 1.7 MILLION OHIOANS, OR NEARLY
16%, ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. |
| 00:04:20 | AND THEN THERE ARE THE SWELLING
NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO ARE THE |
| 00:04:25 | POOREST 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 |
| 00:04:33 | FAMILY OF FOUR.
CENSUS DATA SHOWS 1 IN 15 |
| 00:04:37 | PEOPLE FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
IN OHIO, THERE ARE MORE THAN |
| 00:04:42 | 823,000 PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP.
ONE IN FIVE OHIOANS IS ON |
| 00:04:46 | MEDICAID, AND ONE IN SIX IS
GETTING WHAT USED TO BE CALLED |
| 00:04:49 | FOOD STAMPS.
NEARLY HALF OF THOSE RECEIVING |
| 00:04:51 | FOOD STAMPS ARE CHILDREN.
A STUDY FROM THE BROOKINGS |
| 00:04:56 | INSTITUTION SAYS YOUNGSTOWN HAS
THE NATION'S HIGHEST |
| 00:04:59 | CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY AMONG
THE 100 BIGGEST METRO AREAS, |
| 00:05:02 | AND THREE OHIO CITIES, TOLEDO,
YOUNGSTOWN AND DAYTON, ARE IN |
| 00:05:07 | THE TOP 10 FOR THE BIGGEST
POVERTY RATE INCREASES. |
| 00:05:10 | AND POVERTY IS SPREADING RAPIDLY
TO THE SUBURBS. |
| 00:05:13 | THE POVERTY RATE IS INCREASING
IN COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO |
| 00:05:17 | URBAN AREAS AT TWICE THE RATE
IT'S GROWING IN CITIES. |
| 00:05:18 | AND HOMELESSNESS IS ALSO ON THE
RISE. |
| 00:05:21 | SHELTERS ARE REPORTING NO
AVAILABLE BEDS. |
| 00:05:25 | A CENTER IN CLEVELAND REPORTS A
44% INCREASE IN DEMAND OVER |
| 00:05:28 | LAST YEAR, AND THE GREATER
CINCINNATI COALITION FOR THE |
| 00:05:31 | HOMELESS SAYS FAMILIES ALREADY
GETTING HELPED CAN'T BE CYCLED |
| 00:05:35 | THROUGH FAST ENOUGH TO REACH
THOSE ON THE WAITING LIST. |
| 00:05:39 | HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CONTINUING PROBLEMS OF HUNGER |
| 00:05:42 | AND HOMELESSNESS IN OHIO ARE
TWO VETERAN SAFETY NET |
| 00:05:45 | ADVOCATES.
LISA HAMLER-FUGITT IS THE |
| 00:05:49 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF SECOND HARVEST |
| 00:05:52 | FOOD BANKS.
AND BILL FAITH IS THE EXECUTIVE |
| 00:05:56 | DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING IN |
| 00:05:58 | OHIO.
THIS IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON. |
| 00:06:03 | PEOPLE FEEL COMPELLED TO GIVE,
DONATE, AND SHARE WITH OTHERS. |
| 00:06:07 | IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS
YEAR? |
| 00:06:09 | IS IT A CONTINUING BAD STREAM OF
NEWS? |
| 00:06:12 | >> O HIGH WINDS ARE GENEROUS.
I WANT TO SAY -- OHIONANS ARE |
| 00:06:25 | GENEROUS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE |
| 00:06:28 | GENEROUS, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING
THE DONATIONS WE HAVE HAD IN |
| 00:06:31 | PREVIOUS YEARS.
CORPORATIONS ARE CURTAILING |
| 00:06:35 | THEIR GIFT-GIVING AS WELL.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INDIVIDUALS |
| 00:06:41 | CANNOT MAKE UP FOR THE CUTS WE
HAVE TAKEN IN GOVERNMENT |
| 00:06:44 | FUNDING.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A SIMILAR |
| 00:06:46 | STORY.
JUST THIS YEAR, IN THE LAST FEW |
| 00:06:49 | WEEKS, THE CONGRESS PASSED AN
APPROPRIATIONS BILL. |
| 00:06:52 | WE WERE BRACING FOR WHAT THE
SUPER COMMITTEE MIGHT DO. |
| 00:06:58 | THE CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE CUT
OUR KEY HOUSING PROGRAM |
| 00:07:05 | SIGNIFICANTLY.
13% CUTS IN SOME. |
| 00:07:09 | ONE PROGRAM GOT A 38% CUT, THE
HOME A PROGRAM. |
| 00:07:12 | IT IS AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE
SEEING THE NUMBERS RISING. |
| 00:07:16 | UNLIKE IN THE FOOD SITUATION,
WHEN THE RECESSION HIT, THERE |
| 00:07:21 | IS SUDDEN JOB LOSS, PEOPLE FIND
THEMSELVES WITHOUT A STEADY |
| 00:07:25 | STREAM OF INCOME, UNEMPLOYMENT
ONLY HELPS A LITTLE. |
| 00:07:29 | THEY WILL TURN TO FOOD PANTRIES
FASTER. |
| 00:07:32 | THEY WILL MAKE THEIR FOOD
BUDGET. |
| 00:07:35 | >> KEEP THE ROOF OVER THEIR
HEAD. |
| 00:07:37 | >> RIGHT.
THEY WILL DO ANY NUMBER OF |
| 00:07:39 | THINGS.
THEY WILL LET OTHER NEEDS OF THE |
| 00:07:43 | FAMILY GO BEFORE THEY STOP
PAYING FOR HOUSING. |
| 00:07:45 | IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN
THE INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS. |
| 00:07:51 | FOR YEARS, PRIOR TO THAT, WE SAW
A STABILIZATION OF THE NUMBERS. |
| 00:07:56 | IN SOME YEARS, WE SAW A DECREASE
IN THE NUMBERS. |
| 00:08:00 | SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE
EMPLOYED TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM |
| 00:08:05 | WORKED.
BUT NOW, WITH THE RECESSION AND |
| 00:08:08 | ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, IT JUST IS
STUBBORNLY STAYING WITH US. |
| 00:08:11 | IT HAS HIT FAMILIES PARTICULARLY
HARD, EVEN SINGLE INDIVIDUALS. |
| 00:08:18 | STATEWIDE, IT IS ABOUT A 10%,
JUST UNDER 10% INCREASE. |
| 00:08:23 | SOME COMMUNITIES ARE
EXPERIENCING A LOT MORE. |
| 00:08:25 | IN COLUMBUS, THEY HAD AN
OVERFLOW SITUATION TWO YEARS AGO |
| 00:08:32 | WHERE THEY WERE FULL AT THE
SHELTERS 56 TIMES, 56 DIFFERENT |
| 00:08:39 | DAYS.
THEY HAVE FAMILY SHOW UP, 56 |
| 00:08:42 | DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
THEY WERE FULL, DID NOT KNOW |
| 00:08:45 | WHAT TO DO.
THEY HAD TO SQUEEZE TO MAKE |
| 00:08:47 | ROOM.
IN THE LAST YEAR, THAT HAPPENED |
| 00:08:52 | 3000, 312 TIMES.
-- 3312 TIMES. |
| 00:08:57 | THE MONEY THEY HAVE HAD TO RAISE
IS ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL |
| 00:09:02 | SPENDING.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU COME IN THE |
| 00:09:05 | STATISTICS I HAVE LOOKED AT, THE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ACCESSING YOUR |
| 00:09:08 | SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME SEEM
TO BE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, |
| 00:09:13 | ALMOST.
IS THAT THE CASE? |
| 00:09:14 | >> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE SEEING IT IN THE SUBURBS. |
| 00:09:17 | IN OUR FOOD PANTRIES THAT HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED THE HARDEST, THOSE |
| 00:09:22 | ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT SERVED
WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY |
| 00:09:26 | AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES, AFFLUENT
COMMUNITIES IN CLEVELAND AND |
| 00:09:31 | CINCINNATI, IN COLUMBUS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT DUBLIN, |
| 00:09:36 | WORTHINGTON.
IN FACT, ONE FOOD PANTRY |
| 00:09:41 | EXPERIENCED A 330% INCREASE IN
ONE YEAR. |
| 00:09:43 | NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT
OF COMMERCE SALES TO EXTEND |
| 00:09:52 | UNEMPLOYMENT.
IT COULD BE A CATASTROPHE. |
| 00:09:54 | >> IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU HEAR THE
PERCEPTION IT IS THE SAME PEOPLE |
| 00:09:57 | OVER AND OVER IN THE SYSTEM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE NEW |
| 00:10:02 | PEOPLE COMING IN NOW.
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PEOPLE IN |
| 00:10:06 | THE SYSTEM OUT AND NOW NEW
PEOPLE ARE COMING IN. |
| 00:10:08 | >> ABSOLUTELY.
THE NUMBERS, ONE OF THE CITY'S |
| 00:10:12 | RECENTLY DID AN ANALYSIS AND
FOUND THAT 64% OF THE PEOPLE |
| 00:10:16 | ENTERING SHELTER HAD NEVER BEEN
HOMELESS BEFORE. |
| 00:10:18 | THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW |
| 00:10:25 | THE SYSTEM WORKS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO |
| 00:10:27 | GET HELP.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK TO |
| 00:10:30 | GET THEMSELVES OUT OF THE
SITUATION. |
| 00:10:32 | THEY REPRESENT THEIR OWN
CHALLENGES. |
| 00:10:35 | THAT SHOWS THAT THESE ARE FOLKS
THAT HAD JOBS, PEOPLE BUT FOR |
| 00:10:42 | PAYING THEIR BILLS, BUT THIS
ECONOMY HAS REALLY CHANGED THE |
| 00:10:47 | DYNAMIC QUITE A BIT.
REALLY, THE REALITY OF IT IS, WE |
| 00:10:51 | HAVE HAD THIS FORECLOSURE
CRISIS. |
| 00:10:53 | IT HAS BEEN VERY STUBBORN.
THIS YEAR, WE -- IT MAY BE THE |
| 00:10:59 | FIRST YEAR IN 15 YEARS WE DID
NOT HIT A RECORD LEVEL OF |
| 00:11:03 | FORECLOSURES.
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD |
| 00:11:05 | NEWS.
FEWER FORECLOSURES. |
| 00:11:07 | WHAT THAT HAS DONE IN THE RENTAL
MARKET, IT ALMOST HAS NO |
| 00:11:12 | OCCUPANCY.
NO VACANCIES. |
| 00:11:14 | >> ESPECIALLY IN AFFORDABLE
RENTAL HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT |
| 00:11:19 | PEOPLE YOU ARE SERVING REALLY
NEED. |
| 00:11:21 | >> ABSOLUTELY.
FOR A TYPICAL TWO-BEDROOM UNIT |
| 00:11:26 | HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, SIMILAR
NUMBERS AROUND THE STATE, IT IS |
| 00:11:29 | ABOUT $780 A MONTH FOR A TWO-
BEDROOM UNIT. |
| 00:11:33 | THAT IS LOWER-END.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU NEED TO |
| 00:11:38 | MAKE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT
UNIT. |
| 00:11:40 | YOU'RE NOT PAYING MORE THAN 30%
OF YOUR INCOME FOR YOUR HOUSING. |
| 00:11:45 | YOU NEED A $16 AN HOUR JOB,
WHICH ISN'T A HUGE AMOUNT OF |
| 00:11:50 | MONEY, BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
EVEN WITH FULL-TIME JOBS THAT |
| 00:11:54 | ARE NOT MAKING ANYTHING CLOSE TO
THAT. |
| 00:11:56 | THE SITUATION WITH DISABILITIES
IS EVEN MUCH WORSE. |
| 00:12:01 | THEIR SSI PAYMENT IS ONLY $674 A
MONTH FOR EVERYTHING THEY NEED. |
| 00:12:08 | THERE IS A BIG DISCONNECT
BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE MAKE, OR |
| 00:12:13 | WHAT THEIR INCOMES ARE, AND
WHAT IT COSTS TO PROVIDE HOUSING |
| 00:12:17 | FOR FAMILIES.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. |
| 00:12:20 | NATIONAL POVERTY RATE AT 15%.
IT IS 7% WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT |
| 00:12:25 | PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING.
THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING |
| 00:12:28 | WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, THERE IS |
| 00:12:32 | WORK AVAILABLE.
YOU SEE SIGNS SAYING "NOW |
| 00:12:36 | HIRING."
IS THERE WORK AVAILABLE? |
| 00:12:38 | IS IT THE RIGHT WORK AVAILABLE?
>> THE ONLY JOBS WE ARE REALLY |
| 00:12:42 | SEEING THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE
GENERALLY PART-TIME, CONTINGENT |
| 00:12:49 | WORK, MINIMUM WAGE, SLIGHTLY
ABOVE, MINIMUM WAGE IN JANUARY |
| 00:12:53 | IN OHIO WILL GO TO $7.70.
BILL IS TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU |
| 00:12:57 | NEED TO EARN TWICE THE MINIMUM
WAGE JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD |
| 00:13:01 | HOUSING.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND |
| 00:13:04 | FULL-TIME WORK, WHICH PROVIDES
BENEFITS, NOT ONLY PAID TIME |
| 00:13:10 | OFF, EMPLOYER-PROVIDED HEALTH
CARE. |
| 00:13:12 | THAT IS WHY WE'RE SEEING EVEN
AMONG THOSE THAT ARE WORKING, |
| 00:13:16 | CHILDREN ARE ON THE CHILDREN'S
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. |
| 00:13:20 | THEY'RE ON THE LOW-INCOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. |
| 00:13:25 | THESE ARE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT
ARE SUPPORTING LOW-WAGE JOBS. |
| 00:13:29 | AND FOR THE FORMALLY WHITE-
COLLAR PROFESSIONALS, ABOUT 13% |
| 00:13:41 | OF THE FOLKS WHO WE ARE
CURRENTLY SERVING REPORT THEY |
| 00:13:45 | PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN
PROFESSIONAL MANAGERIAL JOBS. |
| 00:13:48 | THOSE JOBS JUST ARE NOT
AVAILABLE. |
| 00:13:51 | >> THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE MOVING IN TO EVEN MORE |
| 00:13:54 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE PROGRAMS
WE WORK ON TO PROVIDE LOWER-COST |
| 00:14:00 | HOUSING, THEY WORK.
THEY COULD NOT LIVE THERE IF |
| 00:14:04 | THEY DID NOT WORK.
>> THEIR PEOPLE THAT MAY SAY, |
| 00:14:07 | WHY DON'T THEY GET A SECOND JOB?
WHY ISN'T SOMEONE ELSE IN THE |
| 00:14:11 | FAMILY WORKING?
>> I MEAN, THE WORK OF THE JOBS |
| 00:14:15 | THEY CAN FIND.
IF THEY COULD FIND BETTER-PAYING |
| 00:14:17 | JOBS, BELIEVE ME, THEY WOULD
TAKE THEM. |
| 00:14:19 | THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FULL
TIME. |
| 00:14:21 | THERE ARE TWO ADULTS IN THE
HOUSEHOLD, THEY'RE BOTH WORKING |
| 00:14:26 | TO A FOR THEIR HOUSING.
AS LISA POINTS OUT, MOST OF |
| 00:14:30 | THESE JOBS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH
CARE. |
| 00:14:32 | THERE IS NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
IF THEY WANT TO PROVIDE HEALTH |
| 00:14:36 | CARE, I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO COME
UP WITH AN EXTRA $600 A MONTH |
| 00:14:39 | FOR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
FOR THEIR FAMILIES. |
| 00:14:42 | THAT COULD TAKE A BIG HUNK OF
ONE OF THE INCOMES. |
| 00:14:48 | >> THE OTHER ISSUE, PEOPLE
SOMETIMES LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS |
| 00:14:53 | AND SAY, SHOULDN'T THEY WORRY
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THEIR |
| 00:14:56 | CHOICE?
THEIR CHOICE IS TO NOT GRADUATE |
| 00:14:59 | TO HIGH-SCHOOL -- FROM MY
SCHOOL, TO SPEND MONEY ON A FLAT |
| 00:15:03 | SCREEN TV, THEIR CHOICE IS TO
SMOKE. |
| 00:15:05 | HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS?
PEOPLE SAY, THEY'RE SPENDING |
| 00:15:10 | THEIR WAYS IN -- THEIR MONEY IN
WAYS THEY SHOULDN'T. |
| 00:15:13 | THEY SHOULD ACCEPT THE
CONSEQUENCES. |
| 00:15:15 | >> I THINK THE LAST PEOPLE IN
LINE FOR CREDITS ARE THE PEOPLE |
| 00:15:20 | THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
IN MY BUSINESS, IN WORKING WITH |
| 00:15:23 | HOMELESS PEOPLE, A LARGE SEGMENT
OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS |
| 00:15:27 | SERIOUS DISABILITIES.
YOU COULD BLAME THEM FOR THEIR |
| 00:15:31 | CONDITION, BUT THAT IS A
MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR |
| 00:15:36 | CONDITION TRULY IS.
IT DOES US NO GOOD AS A SOCIETY |
| 00:15:41 | TO NOT HELP THEM HAVE A BASIC,
STABLE LIFE. |
| 00:15:45 | I THINK IT IS TRUE FOR WORKING
YOUNG FAMILIES WHO ARE WORKING |
| 00:15:51 | AND STILL SORT OF ENTERING THE
JOB MARKET, BUT STILL CANNOT |
| 00:15:55 | MAKE ENDS MEET.
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A HAND. |
| 00:15:57 | IT KEEPS THEM MORE STABLE.
IT KEEPS KIDS IN SCHOOL. |
| 00:16:01 | IT PROVIDES FOR A HEALTHIER
SITUATION FOR THEM AND THEIR |
| 00:16:05 | NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR
COMMUNITY. |
| 00:16:06 | TO NOT HELP THEM IS FOOLISH.
IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE REST OF |
| 00:16:09 | US.
>> WE ALL BENEFIT FROM TAXES. |
| 00:16:14 | IT IS IN OUR BEST COLLECTIVE
INTEREST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE |
| 00:16:21 | A SOLID TAX RATE THAT PROVIDES
FOR WHAT WE NEED NOT ONLY TO |
| 00:16:25 | STABILIZE OUR ECONOMY, BUT TO
MOVE FORWARD. |
| 00:16:28 | PEOPLE SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DRIVE ON PUBLIC |
| 00:16:32 | ROADS, THEY STAY IN THE HOME.
THEY RECEIVE A MORTGAGE TAX |
| 00:16:37 | DEDUCTION.
IT IS EASY TO POINT THE FINGER |
| 00:16:40 | AND BLAME SOMEONE ELSE.
WE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW |
| 00:16:42 | WE ALL BENEFIT.
WHAT I SAY TO THOSE FOLKS, COME |
| 00:16:45 | WALK A MILE IN THE SHOES OF A
LOW-INCOME PERSON. |
| 00:16:50 | YOU MAY SEE THINGS VERY
DIFFERENTLY. |
| 00:16:53 | >> 20% OF OHIOANS ON MEDICAID.
60 PERCENT AND GETTING FOOD |
| 00:17:02 | STAMPS.
>> FOOD STAMPS ARE FEDERALLY |
| 00:17:04 | FUNDED.
$60,000 COMES IN IN FOOD STAMP |
| 00:17:10 | BENEFITS.
IT IS EQUIVALENT TO ONE JOB. |
| 00:17:12 | AGAIN, THIS IS A BROADER
QUESTION IN A CONVERSATION THAT |
| 00:17:18 | WE NEED TO HAVE.
WHAT DO WE WANT AS AN ECONOMY? |
| 00:17:21 | THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME MORE
SUPPORT PROGRAMS ON THE HEALTH |
| 00:17:28 | CARE SIDE.
GOV TAFT, I REMEMBER HIM TELLING |
| 00:17:31 | US THAT MEDICAID WAS THE MONSTER
THAT WAS -- |
| 00:17:36 | >> THE PAC MAN OF THE BUDGET.
>> IT WOULD EAT US ALIVE. |
| 00:17:42 | THERE IS A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN
POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND |
| 00:17:46 | NUTRITION.
WE SPEND $18.8 BILLION IN |
| 00:17:50 | GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS THIS YEAR
ALONE. |
| 00:17:51 | THE HEALTH CARE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT IS REALLY DIET- |
| 00:17:59 | RELATED DISEASES.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF OBESITY. |
| 00:18:03 | >> PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO EAT FOOD
THAT HAVE A LOT OF CALORIES, |
| 00:18:11 | THAT ARE NOT FRESH OR WHOLESOME
FOOD, BECAUSE IT IS THE |
| 00:18:14 | CHEAPEST.
IT IS TIME THAT WE MAKE |
| 00:18:16 | INVESTMENTS THAT WE KNOW WILL
WORK, WHICH WILL PROMOTE BETTER |
| 00:18:22 | HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF US.
>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING |
| 00:18:25 | THAT, RIGHT NOW, IS UNDER DEBATE
ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT MEDICAID. |
| 00:18:30 | I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT SO
MUCH OF OUR MEDICAID BUDGET ON |
| 00:18:35 | VERY EXPENSIVE FORMS OF CARE, ON
INSTITUTIONALIZED SETTINGS FOR |
| 00:18:40 | DELIVERY OF CARE, LIKE NURSING
HOMES, THE HOSPITALIZATION, THE |
| 00:18:47 | INSTITUTIONAL AS ASIAN OF PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES. |
| 00:18:49 | >> MAY BE PREVENTION --
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PEOPLE |
| 00:18:55 | WITH DISABILITIES.
>> MAY BE PREVENTION. |
| 00:18:57 | >> IT STARTS WITH HAVING A PLACE
TO CALL HOME. |
| 00:19:00 | IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER FOR ALL OF
US -- IT IS BETTER CARE, WE'RE |
| 00:19:05 | NOT PUTTING THEM IN A MISERABLE
SITUATION, WE ARE PUTTING THEM |
| 00:19:09 | IN 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 |
| 00:19:15 | OFF.
IT IS BECOMING A HARD ARGUMENT |
| 00:19:18 | TO MAKE.
>> WE HAVE EMBRACED THE STRATEGY |
| 00:19:22 | IN THE HOMELESS WORLD OF
PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING. |
| 00:19:25 | WHAT WE WERE DOING, EVEN WHEN WE
FIND THE SHELTERS, WE HAD PEOPLE |
| 00:19:31 | STAYING IN SHELTERS, 200 DAYS
OUT OF THE YEAR. |
| 00:19:36 | 50 DAYS, THEY WERE IN A HOSPITAL
OR MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. |
| 00:19:40 | ANOTHER 50 DAYS, THEY WERE IN
JAIL. |
| 00:19:45 | THESE ARE FOLKS WITH MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS. |
| 00:19:48 | A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. |
| 00:19:50 | IF WE MOVE THEM OUT OF THOSE
EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE |
| 00:19:55 | INSTITUTIONALIZED SETTINGS THAT
COST US ALL A FORTUNE TO KEEP |
| 00:20:00 | THEM THERE, WE'RE SPENDING A
FORTUNE ON PUTTING THEM IN THE |
| 00:20:03 | MISERY COME INSTEAD, SPEND LESS
MONEY ON PROVIDING THEM AN |
| 00:20:07 | AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE WITH
THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO |
| 00:20:10 | CONTINUE TO BE STABLE, WHICH IS
JUST MEDICATION, REGULAR VISITS |
| 00:20:15 | TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, I
MEAN, THAT IS A MUCH MORE COST- |
| 00:20:21 | EFFECTIVE THING.
IT IS MUCH BETTER FOR THE |
| 00:20:23 | INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED.
>> AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS |
| 00:20:26 | WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
DOCTORS TELL US THEY DON'T |
| 00:20:30 | UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS WHEN THEY
KNOW WHAT THEIR PATIENCE NEED TO |
| 00:20:33 | TREAT DIET-RELATED DISEASES,
RENAL FAILURE, HYPERTENSION, |
| 00:20:40 | ACCESS TO THE APPROPRIATE USE
THAT WILL HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR |
| 00:20:43 | DIET.
INSTEAD, THEY ARE REIMBURSED |
| 00:20:46 | THOUSANDS 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 |
| 00:20:56 | WILL NOT NEED YOU ANYMORE.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. |
| 00:20:59 | GET PEOPLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
SEE THEM AGAIN. |
| 00:21:01 | >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> CERTAINLY, WORKING THROUGH |
| 00:21:06 | THE OHIO BENEFIT BANK, WE HAVE
SERVED OVER 270,000 OHIOANS, |
| 00:21:15 | CONNECTING THEM TO THE WORK
SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND TAX CREDITS |
| 00:21:18 | THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS. |
| 00:21:20 | WE WANT PEOPLE STANDING IN
GROCERY STORE CHECKOUT LINES |
| 00:21:23 | INSTEAD OF FOOD PANTRY LINES.
WE CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE |
| 00:21:29 | PROGRAMS SO THEY CAN MAKE THE
BEST-INFORMED DECISIONS FOR |
| 00:21:31 | THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A VERY FRANK |
| 00:21:35 | CONVERSATION ABOUT WAGES.
PEOPLE WHO WORK SHOULD BE ABLE |
| 00:21:38 | TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND
NOT HAVE TO BE FORCED INTO A |
| 00:21:42 | FOOD PANTRY LINE.
THEY ALSO SHOULD NOT BE AT RISK |
| 00:21:45 | OF HOMELESSNESS OR BEING TAKEN
IN BY A FAMILY OR FRIEND, |
| 00:21:50 | SLEEPING ON SOME DISCOUNT.
>> I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT |
| 00:21:53 | ONLY HOUSING PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS. |
| 00:21:56 | IT 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. |
| 00:22:03 | SOME PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
THEY NEED OTHER SERVICES AND |
| 00:22:08 | SUPPORT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WATCHED THE |
| 00:22:12 | POLITICAL DISCOURSE THESE DAYS
IN WASHINGTON AND IN COLUMBUS. |
| 00:22:16 | WE NEED TO BREAK THINGS OPEN TO
SAY, WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN |
| 00:22:21 | THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE POLITICIANS REALLY NEED TO |
| 00:22:24 | COME TOGETHER.
THEY ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT |
| 00:22:27 | JOBS.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OUT THE OTHER |
| 00:22:30 | END.
A MUCH BETTER ECONOMY WOULD |
| 00:22:31 | IMPROVE THESE SITUATIONS.
IT WOULD NOT SOLVE THEM |
| 00:22:35 | ENTIRELY.
IT WOULD IMPROVE THEM |
| 00:22:37 | TREMENDOUSLY.
SO, LET'S GET TO WORK. |
| 00:22:40 | YOU KNOW, THIS NATION IS STRONG.
WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN WE |
| 00:22:44 | ARE DOING, BUT THE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS NEED TO PUT DOWN |
| 00:22:48 | THEIR SWORDS LONG ENOUGH TO GET
SOMETHING DONE FOR THE PEOPLE. |
| 00:22:51 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. |
| 00:22:54 | AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC |
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WE LEAVE YOU WITH SOUNDS AND |
| 00:23:11 | IMAGES FROM THIS WEEK'S HOLIDAY
TREE LIGHTING AT THE STATEHOUSE. |
| 00:23:13 | ?
>> WE'RE JOINED TONIGHT BY FIRST |
| 00:23:22 | LADY KAREN KASICH.
>> MY WISH FOR YOU THIS HOLIDAY |
| 00:23:28 | SEASON AS YOU'LL REMEMBER TO
TAKE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND |
| 00:23:31 | FRIENDS AND BE WITH THEM.
IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT THE RIBBONS |
| 00:23:36 | AND BOWS.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU WILL |
| 00:23:38 | HAVE THEM.
CAN THE ACADEMY GIVE US A GOOD |
| 00:23:43 | SONG 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 |
| 00:24:19 | OHIO'S HOLIDAY TREE?
ALL RIGHT. |
| 00:24:21 | -- SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS, WOULD
YOU JOIN US IN LETTING -- |
| 00:24:35 | LIGHTING OHIO'S HOLIDAY TREE?
ALL RIGHT. |
| 00:24:41 | 1, 2, 3.
? |
| 00:24:44 | ?
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HELPING PEOPLE SOLVE COMPLEX |
| 00:26:21 | LEGAL PROBLEMS ARE AROUND THE --
THROW TO OHIO, ACROSS THE |
| 00:26:26 | COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION |
| 00:26:30 | ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT |
| 00:26:33 | PROFESSIONALS, AND FACULTY TO --
WHO ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC |
| 00:26:38 | SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
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