Payday Lending companies now charge Nebraskans an average 387% Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for small amount, short term loans. In this current election you can help reduce that APR to no more than 36%. How? 1. On your ballot vote FOR Initiative Measure 4282. Ask your friends and family to vote FOR Initiative Measure 4283…. Read More
Payday Lending Ballot Initiative
OTOC’s Payday Lending Action Team has been working for several years to combat inhumane interest rates on delayed deposit loans. In 2020 we are participating in a state wide ballot initiative to put reduced interest rates into law. 2020 Ballot Initiative A coalition of nonprofits across the state have teamed up to put this issue… Read More
Starting the Year with Issue Cafes!
Mental Health Panel on Feb. 25 Mental Health leaders brought in a panel of mental health agencies and services to begin a conversation about the biggest needs for keeping people with mental illness out of jail. Some of the main issues discussed were lack of or shrinking funding and resources, both from the state and… Read More
Mental health emergency services kick off Issue Cafe month at Urban Abbey
Emergency Mental Health Services A panel of speakers spoke about emergency mental health services currently available in the Omaha Metro area and new ones being planned. Some resources shared: Nebraska Medicine Director of Behavioral Health: Dr. David Cates UNMC will be opening a Psychiatric Emergency Service next July. They are currently treating 3,000 psychiatric crisis… Read More
OTOC Leaders Testify against Payday Lending expansion at State Legislature
Rod Kuhlmann (left) of Holy Name Church and Kevin Graham of First United Methodist Church presented testimony on behalf of the OTOC Payday Lending Action Team to the Banking, Commerce, and Insurance Committee of the Nebraska State Legislature on Mar. 12, 2019, at the State Capitol. Kuhlmann testified against LB 379, which would expand payday… Read More
OTOC meets with 9 area senators in anticipation of 2019 Unicameral session
OTOC leaders are meeting with Omaha-area Unicameral senators. In October, we hosted a Candidate Accountability Session for candidates from districts 6, 8, 12, and 20. (Click here to learn more). Those candidates committed to meeting with OTOC leaders to follow up on their commitment to action. Leaders are now following up with the victors from those… Read More