HHS Releases Large Scale Water Utility Affordability Survey Report as Part of the First-Ever Federal Water Assistance Program

 

March 21, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration of Children and Families (ACF), released the Understanding Water Affordability Across Contexts, LIHWAP Water Utility Affordability Survey Report. This report – PDF provides an analysis of the largest survey documenting rates, arrears, disconnections, and fees in one dataset in the country.Read full story

Brown, Colleagues Urge CFPB to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports, Ease Burden on Consumers

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Jack Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect Americans from predatory medical debt collection practices.Read full story

Governor DeWine Announces New Law Enforcement Accreditation Program

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— This morning, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order establishing a statewide program to recognize law enforcement agencies that voluntarily meet or exceed Ohio’s new standards for professional excellence. 

Led by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board, the new Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Accreditation Program will certify law enforcement agencies that implement a series of nearly three dozen state standards reflective of best practices in law enforcement.Read full story