OHIO LEGAL AID NEWS
For attorneys: Your legal aid colleagues around Ohio are monitoring the next generation MyCareOhio rollout. Learn what your clients need to know to make their best decision.
Ohio Legal Aid Education Taskforce submits amicus brief demonstrating how EdChoice voucher programs impact rural and disabled students
What if the house your grandma left you, where you've been living for 20 years, isn't actually yours? It happens. And it causes problems that are expensive to fix.
Alliance Testifies before Ohio Senate Finance to Retain General Revenue Funds Earmarked for Civil Legal Services for Veterans and Those Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic
Alliance Submits Testimony in Favor of Including a Housing Defense Fund in the State Operating Budget
This budget season, the Ohio State Legislature has the opportunity to help Ohioans stabilize income and housing, protect against violence, avoid exploitation, and gain equitable access to education, public assistance, healthcare, and employment by increasing funding for legal aid in the 2026-2027 Biannual Budget.
Alliance Vice Chair Kate McGarvey Testifies before the Ohio House Finance Committee
Provisions in House Bill 96, the Ohio Biennial State Budget, could leave 700,000+ Ohioans without health insurance. Meanwhile, the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s proposed work requirements do not follow the indications of its own research.
On April 10, 2025, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans whose driver’s licenses were suspended for failure to pay a court fine or fee will be eligible to get their licenses back without imposition of reinstatement fees, and Ohioans will no longer have driver’s licenses suspended for owing a court fine or fee, for minor drug offenses, or for truancy.
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