The research is in: high-quality early education, health care, and social/emotional development services lay the groundwork for children to be more successful in school, more likely to graduate from college and have higher overall lifetime earnings. That's why making high-quality early care and education available to every family makes sense for Ohio.

In order for our schools and communities to succeed, we need to make sure that Ohio's youngest children have opportunities for healthy early childhood development.  Many factors promote positive early childhood development, including strong parenting, stimulating environments, quality early learning experiences, and access to health care.

Started in 2004, groundWork is a non-partisan, research-based child advocacy initiative established by a broad cross-section of organizations, concerned citizens, and community leaders working to increase access to high-quality early childhood supports for all of Ohio's children and families.

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