Sen. Schiavoni introduces bill to help correction facilities

COLUMBUS — State Sen. Joe Schiavoni of Boardman, D-33rd, has introduced a bill that focuses on support for community-based correction facilities.

The bill provides tax-exemption status for any nonprofit agency that operates a community-based correctional facility for offenders.

Schiavoni worked with Youngstown’s Community Corrections Association in putting the legislation together.

“The Community Corrections Association has provided dozens of significant services to those in need while simultaneously redeveloping the streets on the South Side of Youngstown,” Schiavoni said. “It is my goal to pass legislation that ensures the CCA, and any other community correction nonprofit organization, continued success through the utilization of tax-exempt status.”

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