los ntawm Ohio Newsroom: Cov nuj nqis cuam tshuam txog kev tsav tsheb daim ntawv tso cai raug ncua muaj 'snowball effect' rau cov neeg tau nyiaj tsawg Ohioans

By Kendall Crawford

Timberly Klintworth tsis yog ib feem ntawm qhov xwm txheej uas ua rau nws raug tshem tawm daim ntawv tsav tsheb.

Xyoo 2016, nws tus txiv tau tsoo rau lwm lub tsheb. Vim Klintworth tau qiv lub tsheb thiab tsis muaj kev pov hwm, nws raug foob rau $ 6,000. Nws them tsis tau. Yog li, nws daim ntawv tso cai raug ncua.

"Thiab tom qab ntawd los ntawm qhov ntawd, nws zoo li spiraled, "Klintworth hais. “Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tau txais kuv cov khoom ua ke. Kuv tsis paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim vim kuv tsis muaj chaw ruaj khov. "

Thaum lub sijhawm, nws tau tawm tsam nrog kev siv tshuaj yeeb tshuaj. Nws tau mus kho thiab pib kho nws lub neej. Nws tau rov qab saib xyuas nws ob tug menyuam, nws nrhiav haujlwm, nws tau txais nws qhov chaw. Tab sis, vim nws cov nuj nqis, nws tsis muaj peev xwm tsav tsheb.

"Qhov ntawd nyuaj ... tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau qee tus neeg uas nyuam qhuav tau sober lossis qee tus neeg uas tau sim dua hauv lub neej, "Klintworth tau hais.

Muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm peb lab daim ntawv tso cai tsav tsheb raug ncua hauv lub xeev Ohio txhua xyoo, raws li ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom los ntawm Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

Tab sis feem ntau ntawm cov kev ncua no tsis yog los ntawm kev tsav tsheb phem lossis txaus ntshai. Lawv yog vim tsis muaj peev xwm them nyiaj nplua. Hauv Ohio, cov nqi tsev hais plaub zoo heev, tsis muaj kev tuav pov hwm tsheb lossis kev poob qis ntawm kev txhawb nqa menyuam yaus tuaj yeem ua rau raug tshem tawm daim ntawv tsav tsheb.

'Caught nyob rau hauv ib lub voj voog'

Nws yog ib qho teeb meem uas cuam tshuam tsis zoo rau cov neeg tau nyiaj tsawg hauv Ohioans, raws li Zack Eckles, tus kws tshaj lij txoj cai ntawm Ohio Poverty Law Center. Nws hais tias qhov kev tso cai raug ncua tam sim no ua rau tib neeg nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub pob zeb thiab qhov chaw nyuaj: Lawv yuav tsum txiav txim siab ua raws li txoj cai lossis tau txais daim tshev nyiaj.

Eckles tau hais tias "Tib neeg tsuas yog raug ntes nyob rau hauv lub voj voog uas koj tsis tuaj yeem tsav mus ua haujlwm kom them koj cov nuj nqis thiab them tsis tau vim tias koj tsis tuaj yeem tsav mus ua haujlwm," Eckles tau hais. "Thiab nws muaj cov txiaj ntsig snowball tiag tiag rau cov neeg tau nyiaj tsawg, cov neeg tau nyiaj nruab nrab thiab nruab nrab tsuas yog tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam nrog."

Thiab, raws li Eckles, nws siv los ua ib qho cuab yeej los sau cov nuj nqis feem ntau tsis ua haujlwm.

Ohio muaj qhov nyiaj tshuav txhua xyoo ntawm 920 lab nyiaj hauv cov nuj nqis cuam tshuam txog kev ncua, raws li tsab ntawv ceeb toom los ntawm Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. Nws yog qhov siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub xeev cov nroog hauv nroog, qhov twg muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm 700 cov nuj nqis cuam tshuam txog kev ncua rau txhua txhiab tus neeg.

Anne Sweeney, tus kws lij choj nrog rau Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, hais tias qhov cuam tshuam txuas ntxiv tshaj tus neeg. Nws hais tias nws ua rau lub nra hnyav rau Ohio cov zej zog hauv nroog nrog cov nuj nqis uas tsis tuaj yeem nqis peev hauv kev ua haujlwm, kev kawm lossis lwm yam kev siv nyiaj ua ntej.

Sweeney tau hais tias "Qhov no yog cov nyiaj uas tau muab pov tseg los ntawm cov zej zog uas tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv cov tsev neeg uas tuaj yeem siv nyiaj hauv zos thiab pab cov zej zog muaj kev vam meej," Sweeney tau hais.

Muaj kev xaiv tsawg

Nws ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tob rau hauv cov cheeb tsam nyob deb nroog, ib yam nkaus, raws li Sondra Bryson, tus kws lij choj nrog rau Txoj Cai Lij Choj ntawm Sab Qab Teb thiab Central Ohio.

Bryson tau hais tias "Nws nyuaj heev kom mus tau txhua qhov chaw thaum koj tsis muaj daim ntawv tso cai siv tau hauv Ohio nyob deb nroog vim tias muaj tsawg lossis tsis muaj kev thauj mus los rau pej xeem," Bryson tau hais. “Thiab feem ntau tsis yog ntawm txoj kev uas lawv yuav tsum mus ua haujlwm. Nws yog ib teev deb lossis nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev mus txog qhov ntawd. "

Qhov ntawd muaj tseeb hauv Knox County, qhov chaw Klintworth nyob. Klintworth tau tso siab rau cov phooj ywg kom tsav nws mus ua haujlwm, kom nws cov menyuam mus kawm ntawv, mus rau khoom noj, mus teem sijhawm. Nws txhais tau hais tias lub sijhawm tsis zoo nrog nws cov menyuam sab nraum tsev, nws hais.

"Kuv xav coj lawv mus rau qhov chaw lom zem. Lawv tsim nyog mus rau lub vaj tsiaj lossis mus rau lub tiaj ua si dej, "Klintworth hais. "Thiab kuv tsis muaj peev xwm muab qhov ntawd rau lawv vim kuv tsis muaj peev xwm ua nws tus kheej."

Klintworth tau ua haujlwm nrog Bryson txij li xyoo 2022 los ua haujlwm kom tau nws daim ntawv tso cai rov qab. Bryson tau hais tias cov nuj nqis cuam tshuam txog daim ntawv tso cai raug ncua ua rau ntau dua 40% ntawm nws cov teeb meem nyob rau hauv Ohio nyob deb nroog, thiab ntau zaus tshaj li qhov tsis tau, lawv xaus rau hauv kev ua ntaub ntawv thov kev lag luam, yog ib qho kev daws teeb meem rau tib neeg hauv Klintworth txoj haujlwm.

Nws tso cai rau lawv cov nuj nqis kom zam txim, ntawm tus nqi. Nws tuaj yeem ua rau cov qhab nia credit, uas tuaj yeem ua rau nws nyuaj rau kev thov vaj tsev nyob rau yav tom ntej. Bryson tau hais tias kev thov nyiaj poob haujlwm tuaj yeem yog lub cuab yeej muaj zog los pab cov neeg poob hauv cov nuj nqis. Tab sis, nws hais tias nws yog qhov chaw kawg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog vim nws tsuas tuaj yeem ua tau ib zaug txhua yim xyoo.

Bryson tau hais tias "Yog tias koj ua ntawv poob nyiaj ntawm $ 2,000 kom tau txais koj daim ntawv tso cai rov qab, tab sis tag kis koj muaj qee qhov xwm txheej kho mob loj heev uas kev pov hwm yuav tsis them, ces koj tau nyam rau yim xyoo," Bryson hais.

Ib qho kev txhim kho

Tej zaum yuav muaj kev daws teeb meem tsawg dua ntawm lub qab ntug: Ohio cov neeg tsim cai lij choj tab tom txiav txim siab txog tsab cai lij choj los kho cov txheej txheem ncua. Raws li daim nqi bipartisan, rub daim ntawv tso cai tsis tuaj yeem raug nplua rau cov nqi nplua thiab cov nqi, ntawm lwm cov kev cai, raws li kev tshaj tawm los ntawm Statehouse News Bureau's Sarah Donaldson.

Yog tias nws dhau mus, Ohio yuav dhau los ua lub xeev thib 22 txhawm rau tshem tawm cov kev ncua rau qhov tsis them nyiaj, raws li cov Fees and Fees Justice Center.

Eckles tau hais tias "Nws yuav yog ib qho ntawm cov kev cai lij choj tshaj plaws ntawm qhov teeb meem no kom dhau mus hauv lub tebchaws," Eckles tau hais. "Nws yuav tsis tshem tawm qhov teeb meem tag nrho, tab sis yuav yog ib kauj ruam loj heev."

Txawm li cas los xij, Klintworth tau foob rau kev lag luam. Nrog nws cov nuj nqis tam sim no tshem tawm, nws tab tom ua haujlwm dhau nws qhov kev xeem tsav tsheb tom qab ze li tsib xyoos yam tsis muaj ntawv tso cai.

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