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Ohio restaurant caters to homeless

11/11/2009 DAVID YONKE THE BLADE TOLEDO, OHIO
My Brother’s Place, a Toledo restaurant, is serving lunch again after an eight-year break. In addition to serving weekday lunches to downtown workers, My Brother’s Place provides meals to the needy and homeless, jobs and job training to the unemployed and homeless on Monday evenings. This is the third incarnation of My Brother’s Place. The restaurant has hired three full-time and six part-time employees, and is working with job-training agencies to teach people a trade.

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Ohio counties see less unemployment, but officials not encouraged

09/23/2009 JESSICA HEFFNER MIDDLETOWN JOURNAL MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
Unemployment rates have dropped for the first time in the last 10 months in some Ohio counties, but officials say that this does not mean people are finding jobs. Experts attribute the decrease to more people giving up on finding work and going back to school. This has caused more families to rely on food pantries and government assistance. Ohio had an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent last month.

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Ohio welfare programs expect big cuts

11/30/2008 CATHERINE CANDISKY THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio expects cuts of more than $300 million next year as the state runs out of extra federal welfare money. The number of Ohioans needing job training, cash assistance, food stamps, and subsidized health care is on the rise, but shrinking state revenues are forcing budget cuts. County agencies are laying off workers and reducing discretionary services such as job-training and work-support programs. Ohio spends 132 percent more on child care than it did a decade ago, squeezing money from other efforts.

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Labels: budget cuts, cash assistance, child care, federal welfare, food stamps, job cuts, Ohio

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