Issues and Successes

The Issues

The IC Bread Team is planning a series of issue  papers in areas of social justice concern in Franklin County.   The first is in regard to Youth and Education.

           Recent Successes

1. Increased funding for the Affordable Housing Trust.  Most recently , the Franklin County Commissioners voted to dedicate proceeds from a $1 increase in the title-transfer fee to the Affordable Housing Trust.  The trust meets a critical and growing need in our community by increasing the supply of affordable housing, in both homeownership and rental-housing opportunities.

2. Expanded capacity of Neighborhood Health Centers. In November the County Commission voted to invest $1.3M to expand the capacity of the Neighborhood Health Centers to provide "new medical homes" to over 2,000 patients.  This represents 2,000 people who would not have had medical care otherwise. 

3. Improved transportation to jobs.  In September a new COTA Transit Center began operation at E. Main and Champion focused on providing express bus routes to job sites and bringing new investment and life to E. Main St.  BREAD worked for the last 4 years to make this happen.