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Cleveland is one of seven cities in the U.S. that has enacted a right to counsel program that provides free legal representation to tenants facing eviction. Early statistics from the program’s first year of operation show promising results—dozens of evictions prevented despite a federal moratorium on evictions - but what will happen when that moratorium ends?
While COVID-19 vaccination rates for Asian-Americans are relatively high in Ohio, many area Asian-American and Pacific Island (AAPI) refugees and immigrants have had to negotiate unique cultural and language barriers to get vaccinated. Asian Services in Action (ASIA) is helping residents overcome those barriers.
Four stories written in 2020 as part of the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative's focus on the coronavirus were recently honored at the Society of Professional Journalists Cincinnati Chapter’s 2021 Excellence in Journalism Contest.
For most seniors, video chats and phone calls allowed some sense of normalcy during the pandemic. But many older LGBTQ+ adults don't have these lifelines. Some Ohio services helped them feel less isolated.
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In part three of this Voices on the Vaccine series, the Cleveland Documenters talked to more than 40 Clevelanders to hear their views on getting the COVID-19 vaccine. What they learned offers a unique window into what influences this important decision.
Cleveland is receiving more than half a billion dollars as part of a federal stimulus package to combat the economic impact of the pandemic. How should that money be spent? Advocacy groups are highlighting community needs through participatory budgeting, where residential input is collected to inform governments on spending.
In part two of this Voices on the Vaccine series, the Cleveland Documenters talked to more than 40 Clevelanders to hear their views on getting the COVID-19 vaccine. What they learned offers a unique window into what influences this important decision.
In part one of this Voices on the Vaccine series, the Cleveland Documenters talked to more than 40 Clevelanders to hear their views on getting the COVID-19 vaccine. What they learned offers a unique window into what influences this important decision.
Community Housing Solutions helps to keep vulnerable Cuyahoga County residents safe by using federal, state, and city dollars to make repairs to their homes—especially repairs of mechanical systems like furnaces and hot water tanks.
To combat the racial disparity in COVID-19 vaccinations, several historically Black churches in Cleveland have hosted vaccine clinics since February, through an initiative started by the Greater Cleveland Congregations’ interfaith coalition.
A dedicated vaccine helpline through the United Way of Greater Cleveland's 2-1-1 system has helped more than 52,000 area residents get registered for the vaccine, or otherwise answered their questions about vaccination.
An experiment in Vancouver, British Columbia shows that when people experiencing homelessness are given one-time $7,500 payments, they moved into stable housing faster, they spent fewer days homeless, and saved more than $1,000 in a year.
A NEO Solutions Journalism Collaborative article in FreshWater recently prompted an anonymous donor to give $50,000 in aid to Slavic Village Development to help struggling residents.
Despite putting their own health at risk throughout the pandemic, some healthcare providers, as well as certain minority groups, are not quite ready to trust the COVID-19 vaccinations for themselves. The experts are working to build their trust.
In the isolated world of the prison system, with limited access to outside news and information—paired with false rumors—some inmates are rejecting the offer of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Utilities for All and other advocacy groups are asking for fairness and transparency in how Cleveland handles utilities shutoffs during the pandemic.
Hard-off tenants currently have little time before landlords can file eviction notices. Eviction prevention laws could buy tenants some extra time to find help.
As FreshWater Cleveland enters its second year with the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative, we want to know what our readers want to see in 2021.