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Columbus council hearing spotlights strained human‑services budgets and rising demand across public health, housing and food systems
Summary
Council members and nonprofit leaders told the Health, Human Services & Equity committee that rising need — combined with fading federal pandemic aid and uncertain state and federal policy — will put heavy pressure on the city’s social‑service safety net in 2025.
Columbus City Council’s Health, Human Services & Equity committee on Monday heard budget presentations and testimony from city departments and local nonprofit partners stressing that demand for services is rising while many funding streams have shrunk or are uncertain.
Committee Chair Council Member Melissa Green opened the hearing by framing the session as a review of Mayor Andrew Ginther’s proposed 2025 budgets for departments and programs overseen by the committee and a chance to hear from external human‑service partners. “We are at an absolutely pivotal moment,” Green said, noting proposed state cuts to education funding and possible Medicaid work requirements that she said could result in tens of thousands of Ohioans losing…
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