$80M in cuts coming to Ohio agency for poor

[OhioChick]

Source: AP

Article published Wednesday, September 24, 2008


COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state agency in Ohio that administers food stamps and health care for low-income families is cutting nearly $80 million from its budget.

Records obtained by The Associated Press show the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is cutting back on a prescription drug program for the poor and seniors, money to detect Medicaid fraud, and a state-federal program that tries to move people from welfare to work.

The moves are being made to comply with Gov. Ted Strickland’s request that most state agencies cut 4.75 percent from their budgets to help address a projected budget deficit of $540 million.

Department spokesman Dennis Evans says the agency was largely able to avoid cuts with an impact on Ohioans in a previous budget reduction. But the agency couldn’t do that this time around.

Read more: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/NEWS24/809240198

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And the poor get screwed again....

[Kolesar]

1. And the unemployment rate just jumped from 6% to 7% this summer?

And the prison budget is $Billions?
This is sick

[Dr.Phool]

2. If they really wanted help from the government,

They should have been Wall Street Brokers.

:sarcasm:

[intheflow]

3. kick!

[SemperEadem]

4. and which direction are the voting machines in Ohio programmed to lean?

[ChromeFoundry]

5. recommended n/t