WKSU News: Ohio could be missing out on federal dollars while operating under interim budgets

Some groups say they can't operate effectively without knowing what they'll get in the permanent budget

WKSU's statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles reports


	Reporter Jo Ingles

Ohio is now operating on a temporary one week budget and another week budget appears to be in the works if lawmakers don't pass a new permanent two year budget by Tuesday. But some groups that rely on state money say their organizations can't operate effectively because they don't know how much money they'll be getting in the permanent budget. Democratic state representative Jennifer Garrison says she's not a fan of the temporary budgets either because they do not allow the state to attract federal dollars for which it would be eligible.

Rep. Jennifer Garrison on federal dollars Ohio could miss out on

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To put that in perspective, the leader of the foodbank system in Ohio, Lisa Hamler Fugitt, says $7 million would serve 35 million meals to hungry Ohioans.

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