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Policy Matters Ohio
FormationJanuary 2000
TypeNonprofit
Purposeeconomic policy
Location
Executive Director
Amy Hanauer
AffiliationsEARN, Demos, Apollo Alliance, Economic Policy Institute
Websitewww.policymattersohio.org

Policy Matters Ohio is an Ohio-based nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research organization founded in January 2000. Its research focuses on economic issues facing low- and middle-income workers in Ohio. Through research, advocacy, and media work, Policy Matters aims to promote fair economic development for all workers. [1] Policy Matters is a member of the Greater Cleveland Community Shares, and was honored as the "Member Organization of the Year" for 2008 [2]. The Nation Magazine called Policy Matters the "most valuable state or regional group" in the country, praising it as "intellectually rigorous, yet accessible in its approach." [3]


Policy Matters Ohio receives financial support from a number of foundations, organizations and individuals, including The Joyce Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, the Sisters of Charity Foundation, the New World Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Heinz Endowment, the Open Society Institute, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, KnowledgeWorks, the Public Welfare Foundation and Greater Cleveland Community Shares.


Recent Policy Reports

Policy Matters has published over 260 reports on economic development, education, and sustainability. These are the most recent reports on these fields.

Economic Development

Paying More, Renting Debt[4] a report about the perils to consumers posed by the rent-to-own industry. Spending By Another Name[5] The 2009 Ohio tax expenditure report.

Education

Ohio's Initiative On Increasing Graduation Rates [6] a cost-benefit analysis of the recently cut state program to target at risk 9th grade boys, and increase their 10th grade promotion rates in an attempt to lower the high school dropout rate.

Leaders at Many Levels: Improving Schools Through Collaboration In Ohio [7]

The Pre-K Pinch: Early Education and the Middle Class[8] Outlines the difficulties facing families who cannot afford quality child-care, and documents the benefits of providing universal, voluntary Pre-K for three- and four-year-olds.

Learning from Ohio's best teachers: A homegrown model to improve our schools [9] Recommends that Ohio expand the Peer Assistance and Review program state-wide.

Analyzing Autism Vouchers in Ohio [10]

Tax Policy

Spending By Another Name: The 2009 Ohio Tax Expenditure Report [11] Reviews tax breaks and their associated foregone revenue and recommends elimination of unnecessary credits and exemptions

Business Tax Revamp: A Deficit in the Making [12] Reviews the effects to date of tax changes on state and local government revenues, what the overhaul has meant for different types of companies and industries and how the effects have compared with how the reform was promoted

Connecting Free Tax Preparation and Asset Building: Cuyahoga EITC Coalition client study [13] Analysis of Cuyahoga County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition clients

The 2005 Tax Overhaul and Ohio's Economy [14] Recommends revising our current tax structure to raise adequate amounts of revenue and enable the state to provide public services at a time of economic crisis

Federal Estate Tax covers few Ohioans [15] Explains why the threshold of the tax needs to be restored, not set permanently at a lower level than it was prior to the cuts

Limiting Loopholes: A dozen tax breaks Ohio can do without [16] Identifies tax breaks the elimination or limitation of which would make Ohio's tax system more fair and generate additional revenue

Who takes credit: The Earned Income Tax Credit in Franklin County 2008 [17] Analyzes the benefits of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites run by the Franklin County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition

Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts: No boon to the middle class [18] Reductions in taxes on investment income disproportionately benefit the wealthy and do not result in a increase in tax revenue.

A Step Toward Fiscal Balance: Options for Ohio's Income Tax [19] Recommends measures to address Ohio's budget shortfall

Statement on the Budget Shortfall [20] Testimony regarding Ohio's budget shortfall

Who Takes Credit: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Free Tax Preparation in Ohio [21] Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites in Cuyahoga County helped many working families receive the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Staff

Amy Hanauer, Executive Director
Zach Schiller, Research Director
Piet Van Lier, Researcher
David Rothstein, Researcher
Wendy Patton, Researcher
Kahlil Huff, Communications Director
Pam Rosado, Outreach Coordinator
Amanda Woodrum, Policy Liason
Shanelle Smith, Apollo Alliance Organizer

Interns

Alexander Hurst, Amherst College 2012
Eric Lu, Harvard University 2012
Kevin Rinz, Northwestern University 2010
Austin Thompson, Howard University 2009
Mirela Turc, Case Western Reserve University 2011
Sapna Mehta, The Ohio State University 2008
Tim Kreuger, Cornell University 2008
Julie Van Wagenen, Ohio University 2010

References

  1. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/aboutpmo.html
  2. ^ http://www.communityshares.org/pressreleases/powerlunch.html
  3. ^ http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/392577/most_valuable_progressives_of_2008?rel=hp_blogs_box
  4. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/pdf/RentToOwn2009.pdf
  5. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/OhioTaxExpenditures2009.htm
  6. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/OhioGradRate2009.htm
  7. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/LeadersAtManyLevels.htm
  8. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/Pre-KPinch.htm
  9. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/LearningFromOhiosBest.htm
  10. ^ http://policymattersohio.org/AnalyzingAutismVouchers.htm
  11. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/OhioTaxExpenditures2009.htm
  12. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/BusinessTaxRevamp2009.htm
  13. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/FreeTaxPrep2008.htm
  14. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/2005TaxOverhaul.htm
  15. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/FederalEstateTax2008.htm
  16. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/LimitingLoopholes2008.htm
  17. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/pdf/WhoTakesCredit2008.pdf
  18. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/CapGainsDivTaxCuts2008_0513.htm
  19. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/StepTowardFiscalBalance.htm
  20. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/StatementOnTheBudgetShortfall2008_0227.htm
  21. ^ http://www.policymattersohio.org/publications.htm#tax_policy

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