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Portage County Job and Family Services flags young-adult homelessness, expands data tracking and wins tax advance
Summary
Kelly Jones presented monthly program data to the board, said staff will add new categories to track Medicaid transportation and internal driver trips, highlighted a Benefit Bridge success story, and reported budget pressures that led to a requested advance of levy tax proceeds — a request the board approved.
RAVENNA, Ohio — Kelly Jones, speaking for Portage County Job and Family Services (JFS), reported to the Board of Commissioners on agency data for late 2024 and early 2025, described planned changes to how the agency tracks transportation and visitation services, and requested an advance of levy tax proceeds to smooth cash flow; the board approved the advance by roll call.
Jones reviewed December 2024 data (and noted what the board will see differently in February, when January data is incorporated). She said there were no major variances in core public-assistance categories — cash assistance, food assistance, Medicaid and child-care programs — but she proposed new, more granular tracking for NET (Medicaid nonemergency transportation) trips, internally driven trips by county drivers, trips related to workforce needs, and trips declined by providers because of staffing shortages.
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