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Live United and Vote!
Live United by voting on November 8. In person early voting is available until November 6 (8am to 6pm).
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ADVOCACY GROUP CELEBRATES VALUE OF VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES
State budget must protect most vulnerable, help people back on their feet and back to work.
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TIPP Newsletter Winter 2010
The Winter 2010 edition of the Targeting Impact through Public Policy (TIPP) Newsletter, United Way of Central Ohio's public policy and advocacy newsletter, is now online.
Child Nutrition Act Signed by President
The Child Nutrition Act was signed by President Obama which updates the nutrition standards of school meals, limits the sale of junk food in schools, provides greater reimbursement and more training to schools so they can serve more nutritious meals, improves and simplify the application process, increases the use of foods from local and regional sources, and expands meals to afterschool programs.
2010 Candidates’ Forum on Children and Youth
Avocacy Alert 5/27/2010
Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:27
Last week, the Ohio Senate passed with strong bipartisan support (24-7), the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children legislation (SB 210/ HB 373).
Click here to download the Spring 2010 TIPP NewsletterLAND BANK LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR
On April 7, 2010, Governor Strickland signed House Bill 313. This important bill lowers the population threshold to allow more counties in Ohio, including Franklin County, to organize county land banks. A land bank is a public authority created to hold, manage and develop tax-foreclosed property. Land banks act as a legal mechanism to transform vacant, abandoned and tax-foreclosed property into productive use. Properties that are acquired by county land banks are maintained until they are redeveloped and returned to the market. Properties that are too dilapidated to salvage are demolished, and the land is retained for future development.
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Nearly 100 volunteers from local colleges, companies, and nonprofit organizations will complete hundreds of tax returns in one day, helping thousands of hardworking people receive the money they deserve.
Read more.This February, Saks Fifth Avenue will give 5% of all registered purchases made with a Saks Fifth Avenue credit card back to charity.
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