Leaders of Ohio’s food banks are thankful because controversial changes that made it harder for Ohioans to get food assistance were removed from the state budget.
Those provisions included requiring food bank users with fluctuating wages to file far more paperwork, limiting the value of assets of recipients and making it harder for low-wage workers to keep food assistance.
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt with the Ohio Association of Foodbanks said she is grateful that these changes proposed by the Ohio Senate were removed by conference committee leaders.
“These are some of the most harmful provisions that we have seen introduced in decades," Hamler Fugitt said.
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