A new Ohio subsidized employment program, which has provided jobs for 1,500 parents in 44 Ohio counties and 8,000 youth in 69 counties, will never reach its full potential unless Congress this fall extends the federal program that funded it, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The employment program uses federal dollars provided through the TANF Emergency Fund, which President Obama and Congress created in last year’s Recovery Act, to create …