Each month, Groundwork Ohio reads the latest and greatest resources on early education and health from a wide variety of sources. Below is a compilation of the most important articles we have read throughout August 2021.
OHIO NEWS
The Center for Community Solutions
Latest Maternal Morbidity Report Reveals Maternal Health Crisis Worsening
Twenty-five Years Later, U.S. Policy Shifts on Aid to Poor Families with Children
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Scene
Ohio Doctors Urge Families to Resume Wellness Checkups
The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio lawmakers axed part of Gov. DeWine's lead safety plan. Here's why advocates say it's needed
CelebrateOne unveils 5-year plan, reports infant mortality rate down 20% in Franklin County
Pandemic has hit kids in poverty, minority groups particularly hard
Ohio postpones rollout of new, reformed Medicaid managed care system to July 2022
'A perfect storm': Challenges of life in Appalachian Ohio affect children's mental health
Dayton Daily News
Labor Secretary: Job training, child care would be ‘transformative’
Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine visits Dayton to promote Imagination Library
Highland County Press
Nationwide Children’s Hospital priorities kindergarten readiness as part of pediatric ‘Vital Signs’
The Ohio Association of Health Plan
Groundwork Ohio: Quality Birth-To-Five Investment is Powerful Prevention Policy
Ohio Capital Journal
Black women with children excluded from federal cash assistance program, report finds
Study: Child poverty, family stability see major impacts during pandemic
Public News Service
New Child Well-Being Data Can Help Ohio Allocate ARP Funds
Ready, Set, Soar Ohio
As a Pediatrician, I Know the Value of Quality Child Care
The Toledo Blade
Child-care industry crying out for help after years on the brink made worse by pandemic
WTOL 11
Choosing child care during a pandemic
NATIONAL NEWS
The Atlantic
Child-Care Workers Might Not Come Back
CNBC
For working parents, juggling child care came at a steep cost during Covid
Just one child tax credit payment reduced financial anxiety for 56% of families
This lesser-known tax credit may offer working families a bigger write-off this year
Child tax credit lifted 3 million kids from poverty in July
Forbes
U.S. Maternal And Infant Mortality: More Signs Of Public Health Neglect
Uncovering The Factors Causing The Perfect Storm Childcare Crisis
Gizmodo
U.S. Has Worst Health Care, Highest Infant Mortality Rate Among Wealthy Countries, Report Finds
Health Affairs
The American Rescue Plan Act, A Critical Opportunity To Improve Child And Family Health
The Hechinger Report
Parents report declines in academic, social-emotional skills of young children
The Hill
Support the budget resolution to ensure a critical investment in child care
Marketplace
How essential child care providers are often stretched thin
Why are the waitlists for child care so long?
The New York Times
Return to Work? Not Without Child Care Still in Limbo, Some Parents Say
Kamala Harris invites business leaders to the White House to discuss child care.
NPR
Child Care During Competitions Presents A Major Hurdle For Olympians And Paralympians
America Has A Child Care Crisis. Biden Wants To Spend Billions To Fix It
Politico
Biden’s child care plan faces a test: Building enough centers, hiring enough workers
US News & World Report
Taking Action to Improve Maternal and Fetal Health
The Washington Post
CDC guidance now official: Pregnant people should get coronavirus vaccine
Yahoo! Finance
Expanded Child Tax Credit Provides Major Economic Benefits: Analysis
Yahoo! News
Day care centers can’t find enough people to work there: ‘We need help’
ZERO TO THREE
Poverty Remains High Among the Nation’s Babies, But Few are Assisted