December's Early Childhood Education in the News

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 December 2020.

OHIO NEWS

Case Western Reserve University

• Ohio COVID-19 Child Care Study

The Chronicle

• Advocates make plea for hunger, homeless and children's relief

The Columbus Dispatch

• Report: Nearly a quarter of local child care providers could close by early 2021

• Despite years of efforts to combat infant mortality in Ohio, racial disparity increases

Columbus Parent

• Ohio’s Child Care Ratings System Shows Progress

Highland County Press

• Infant deaths in Ohio drop for 3rd straight year

• Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine encourages more Ohio children to enroll in the Imagination Library as new documentary about founder premieres

LimaOhio.com

• Children encouraged to join Imagination Library

NBC 4

• Central Ohio childcare workers push to be included in early COVID-19 vaccinations

Richland Source

• Ohio infant deaths decline for third straight year, says ODH

Tribune Chronicle

• Advocates for children petition Ohio governor

NATIONAL NEWS

The American Prospect

• Child Care Left Behind in COVID Relief Talks

The Associated Press

• Coronavirus takes toll on Black, Latino child care providers

Axios

• How Head Start child care programs handled COVID-19 safety

Biz Women

• Childcare issues causing more employees to leave workforce than expected

Bloomberg

• The U.S. Child-Care Crisis Is Torturing Parents and the Economy

Business Insider

• 3 ways Head Start childcare programs have prevented COVID-19 outbreaks while serving thousands of kids

Early Learning Nation

• The Other Child Care Crisis: No Staff

EurekAlert!

• Increase in head start funding 'a national priority'

First Five Years Fund

• New Chamber Data Shows Impact of Child Care Challenges on American Employers

• Where Are Young Children Cared for While Parents Are Working?

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families

• Medicaid Expansion Increased Preventive Care for Pregnant and Postpartum Women, New Study Finds

The Hill

• COVID-19 still highlights child care struggles

• Real COVID-19 relief? Use all tools to invest in the 'care economy'

The Lily

• The cost of child care was already astronomical. In the pandemic, it’s ‘terrifying.’

Market Watch

• Joe Biden has a $335 billion child-care plan — and Republican lawmakers could be on board with parts of it

NCSL

• Improving Early Learning: 2020 State Policy Actions

• CDC and States Working to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Nonprofit Quarterly

• Childcare Advocates Prepare for an Opening Door

The Rippon Advance

• Katko unveils bipartisan bill proposing $1.7B in pandemic relief for Head Start

USA Today

• COVID means more kids won't be ready for kindergarten. America's preschoolers are falling behind.

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