Consumer advocates still lack access to data that would let them determine the extent of any racial disparities in Ohio utility shutoffs for customers’ failure to pay gas and electric bills.
Ohio s poverty rate increased to 13 4% in 2021, according to new report news5cleveland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news5cleveland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ohio s poverty rate increased to 13 4% in 2021, according to new report highlandcountypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from highlandcountypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Community service agencies say requests for home heating assistance were increasing even before National Grid - the power company that serves many in the area - announced energy prices could jump nearly 60% by November 1. Requests for help with the cost of delivered fuels like home heating oil are also unusually high, with prices expected to jump 30% in the next few months. Mary Knittle is director of energy resources at Worcester Community Action Council, which serves western and central Massachusetts. .
On the heels of a regional conference, multiple groups are working on new solutions for reducing the poverty gap in Minnesota. Nonprofits, government leaders and people who ve seen poverty firsthand gathered last week in Duluth to get a deeper sense of the connection between poverty and race in Minnesota, and discuss how to overcome long-standing disparities. Bill Grant, executive director of the Minnesota Community Action Partnership, which hosted the event, said one observation is assistance programs are often run by people who have never experienced poverty. .