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Unemployment and financial problems from the pandemic have brought millions of people to food banks, which are serving 150,000 more Ohioans per month than

1:01 Ohio's food banks are getting flat funding of $24.5 million in the new two year state budget, plus $7 million for food storage, transportation and distribution from the federal CARES Act. But while Ohio Association of Food Banks executive director Lisa Hamler-Fugitt said she's appreciative, she also said it’s not enough. “We have never seen anything like this straight out of the gate. I mean, we're 11 months into a pandemic and the economic recession, and the demand just continues to increase week over week and month over month," Hamler-Fugitt said. She's requesting an increase in pa...

Sen. Mitt Romney's Family Security Act would replace the Child Tax Credit with a monthly child allowance administered by the Social Security Administration.

The Michigan Poverty Task Force on Wednesday unveiled a slew of policy recommendations to lift vulnerable Michigan families out of poverty.

On Wednesday, a task force commissioned in 2019 to study poverty in Michigan made 35 recommendations about how to reduce inequality across the state.