Ohio Manufacturing Nonprofit Faces Funding Suspension, Putting Jobs and Industry Support at Risk

Commerce Department freezes Ohio’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership funds

The move puts more than 100 jobs across the state at risk as a yearslong audit is completed.

Local food and manufacturing nonprofit closing after feds pull state funding

HASKINS, Ohio — CIFT, a nonprofit that supports food manufacturers, will close on Monday after a federal agency revoked Ohio’s funding while it audits the state program.

Ohio manufacturing nonprofit faces funding suspension, putting jobs and industry support at risk

A federal suspension of Manufacturing Extension Partnership funds has triggered state cuts, threatening more than 100 jobs and support for 14,000 manufacturers.