Talking Points

 Maria Gilmour has been a teacher for more than 14 years. The Mentor, Ohio resident has spent her career teaching in a variety of settings including public, private and charter schools and has enjoyed working with students in the middle school grades.    

 For the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative of Ohio, Lesic & Camper and colleagues planned a forum with state legislators and statewide veterans’ organizations in November 2019. This event focused on the particular needs of veterans who are struggling with substance misuse.  

 Ohio House Bill 469 was introduced by joint-sponsors Rep. Susan Manchester (R- Waynesfield) and Rep. Thomas West (D-Canton) to address the discriminatory health plan policies known as copay accumulator adjustors.  

Ohio has an exceptional reputation for offering quality and locally-accessible dialysis services for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). The Ohio Collaborative Dialysis Coalition (OCDC) today issued a new impact report that provides an overview on dialysis operations in Ohio. The report provides information about how patients are served and how the industry contributes to the social and economic wellbeing of communities in Ohio. 

 OOGEEP helped teachers from 43 Ohio counties head back to their classrooms this fall with an insider’s look into Ohio’s thriving natural gas and oil industry.

More than 380 graduating seniors from all over Ohio received their high school diplomas as members of Ohio Connections Academy’s Class of 2019. As many as 220 of the students traveled to Columbus to participate in the online charter school’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 8th at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

As part of its ongoing commitment to give back to the communities it serves, Citizens Bank has again partnered with Military Warriors Support Foundation (MWSF) to donate a newly renovated, mortgage-free home to a deserving veteran and his family. 

The RALI CARES educational trailer recently visited Ohio with 11 stops across the state. Set up as a mock teenage bedroom, the trailer exhibit provided families the opportunity to learn about the possible warning signs of substance abuse.  

Celebrating their 20th year, the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) remains committed to its mission of developing and implementing a wide variety of education materials and hosting workshops in schools and public outreach programs to improve the public’s understanding of Ohio’s gas and oil industry. 

 This week begins a new era in safe, affordable lending as Ohio’s Fairness in Lending Act goes into effect on Saturday, April 27, 2019.