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Committee Hears Testimony for House Bill 100 to Fund Job Training at Thrift-Based Nonprofits
Summary
Witnesses from Goodwill organizations told the House Ways and Means Committee that House Bill 100 would create Department of Development grants to help nonprofits that sell donated goods expand job training and placement services for people with barriers to employment.
Chairman Romer and members of the House Ways and Means Committee heard proponent testimony on House Bill 100, a proposal to create a grant program administered by the Ohio Department of Development to allow nonprofit retailers that sell donated goods to apply for funds to expand job-training and placement services.
The bill drew testimony from Ann Richards, president and CEO of Goodwill of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio, and Willie Knighton Jr., reentry support specialist at Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio. "I ask for your support of this bill to create a new program through the Department of Development by which nonprofit organizations that sell donated goods could apply for a grant to create or expand…
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