Art credit: lonelyconservative.com
Ohio's
range of welfare programs resembles a row of silos. Each caches valuable
services. But each stands alone. Both for welfare clients and Ohio's budget
managers, that kind of architecture guarantees problems.
Now, an Ohio Office of Human Services Innovation, recently
created by the General Assembly and backed by Gov.
John Kasich, will aim to "break down [those] silos" to
coordinate service delivery. Leading the office will be Douglas Lumpkin, a
highly experienced administrator who has run both the state and Franklin
County's Job and Family Services departments.
So in order to get
past the obstacles and inefficiencies produced by bloated and inefficient bureaucracies, the
General Assembly and Gov. Kasich propose to create . . . . another level of
bureaucracy.
Legislators and Gov.
Kasich: why don’t you support and sign the Ohio Healthcare Compact? That would
let Ohio decide for itself how best to delivery health care to Ohioans, without
having to contend with onerous federal regulations and interference.
