Ohio’s poverty rate increased from 12.7% to 13.4% in 2021 — the first time in more than a decade it has increased year-to-year.
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Cuyahoga County’s poverty rate was 16.2%, Franklin County’s was 14.3%, Hamilton County’s was 15.7%, and Lucas County’s was 17.4%. This is the 30th year OACAA, which represents 48 agencies that serves more than 600,000 Ohioans annually, has issued a report on the State of Poverty. “This is very much a story of lack of resources, and it is not just in low-income urban areas,” Cole said. “Test scores also dropped in lower-income rural areas like Appalachia and the farmlands in Northern Ohio.”“There was harm that could not be avoided from the pandemic and much of it was caused by the unequal access to resources for lower-income students while schools were closed,” Cole said. “A student could not attend virtually if they did not have the tools.
“The problem with student debt is that it holds back an entire generation,” Cole said. “The unwillingness of the states to cover the cost of public colleges and universities has really held back an entire generation.”OACAA made a call to fund public transportation in Ohio, especially as more jobs come to Ohio with the arrival of Intel’s chip manufacturing factory in Licking County.Only 63 of Ohio’s 88 counties have public transportation.
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