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Committee Hears Testimony for Bill to Let Thrift-Store Nonprofits Apply for Workforce Grants
Summary
Witnesses from Goodwill organizations urged the House Ways and Means Committee to pass House Bill 100, which would allow nonprofit retailers that sell donated goods to apply to the Department of Development for grants to expand job training and placement for people with barriers to employment.
Chairman Romer and the House Ways and Means Committee heard proponent testimony Wednesday on House Bill 100, which would create a Department of Development grant program allowing nonprofit retailers that sell donated goods to apply for funds to expand job training and placement programs.
Ann Richards, president and CEO of Goodwill of Greater Cleveland in East Central Ohio, told the committee that Goodwill organizations in Ohio served thousands last year and could expand services with the proposed grants. "I ask for your support of this bill to create a new program through the Department of Development by which…
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