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ABLE will participate today in a press conference hosted by the Dayton Branch NAACP as the organization launches a community campaign addressing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

ABLE has launched a Medical-Legal Partnership addressing substance use disorder in rural northwestern Ohio. It is the first program of its kind in the state. Here how it has helped community members like Alex.

ABLE has joined legal aid partners across the state this week in filing an amicus brief in the “Vouchers Hurt Ohio” case, urging the Tenth District Court of Appeals to uphold the trial court’s ruling that the voucher expansion violates the Ohio Constitution and protect the constitutional promise of quality public education for all students. 

ABLE has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two migrant farmworkers, brothers Hector and Mario Rocha, who were subjected to unsafe, unsanitary housing and unlawful wage practices while working at Rock Dove Farm in central Ohio.

Ohio's students are being shortchanged. The U.S. Department of Education is withholding $185 million in federal funds meant for public schools. These resources are critical for students from low-income, migrant, and English-learning backgrounds. Contact DOE by signing a letter today.

ABLE stands firmly opposed to these attacks on health care, immigrant rights, and constitutional protections that are presented in the Big Beautiful Bill. Read our full statement here.

Urgent action is needed. Please call your Ohio Senator NOW to tell them NO on SB 172.

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) strongly condemns the reported release of personal information about non-citizen Medicaid enrollees by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to immigration enforcement agencies. 

ABLE urges lawmakers to support House Bill 127 to ensure that Ohio's children are afforded the privacy protections they deserve. Read our full story and testimony here.