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 2021.
OHIO NEWS
10TV
Columbus leaders outline plans to improve child care, access to jobs in pandemic fallout
Columbus child care provider hopes new state grant can help with sustainability
ABC 6
Rebuilding after the pandemic, city leaders aim to make big changes to childcare
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Kids' mental health: Ohio legislators may finally create a plan to address the crisis
Cleveland.com
Ohio announces $150 million in grants for child-care programs, applications open
Cleveland Water Department trying to contact childcare centers served by lead water lines
Gov. Mike DeWine signs $4 billion coronavirus spending bill, but vetoes a child-care provision
Cleveland Jewish News
Quality preschool can help with child’s development
Columbus Business First
$150M in federal pandemic relief to support struggling Ohio daycares
The Columbus Dispatch
Opinion: Biden's plan will help save the lives of babies in Columbus
Crain’s Cleveland Business
Ohio offers $150 million in grants to improve access to child care
Dayton Daily News
$1.3 million grants to help improve infant, maternal health
Lawmakers approve $4B for schools, health care workers, childcare and more
Child care key to solving Ohio’s worker shortages
Fox 8
Surging childcare costs put strain on families
Gongwer
DeWine, Lawmakers Announce Latest Plans For COVID Relief Cash
Groundwork Ohio Poll Shows Support For More Child Care Funding
Groundwork Ohio
There’s Power in Trusting and Listening to Families
NEW OHIO POLL: The Child Care Crisis is a Major Barrier for Working Parents
News 5 Cleveland
Ohio Department of Health awards $5M to organizations supporting pregnant women, new parents
Ohio Capital Journal
Child care an ‘economic issue,’ advocates say
Springfield News-Sun
Solving the child care problem could help solve worker shortage
Statehouse News Bureau
COVID spending bill makes changes to Ohio’s child care rating system
WCPO Cincinnati
Learning Grove raises early childhood educators' profiles with better pay, benefits
WHIO Dayton
Ohioans struggling to return to work due to issues finding childcare
WVXU
5 area hospitals sign onto 'Mama Certified' to help improve equity in pregnancy care
NATIONAL NEWS
Bloomberg
Kamala Harris Rolls Out Plan to Reduce High U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates
CBS News
White House hosts first-ever Maternal Health Day of Action to address maternal mortality crisis
Center for American Progress
The Build Back Better Act Substantially Expands Child Care Assistance
CNBC
Help Wanted: America’s childcare crisis fueled by worker shortages in daycare centers
10 million children will fall back into poverty when the enhanced child tax credit ends
CNN
Harris marks Maternal Health Day of Action at White House summit
Getting child tax credit to lowest-income parents proves challenging
December's child tax credit payment will be the last one unless Congress acts
Child care hiring crisis is closing programs and keeping parents out of workforce
The Economist
What will Joe Biden’s spending bill do for child care in America?
First Five Years Fund
The Child Care Sector is Losing Workers Because the Current System is Broken
The Hechinger Report
OPINION: Our child care industry is in free fall, and that’s bad news for all children
Student parents suffer as more campus child care centers close
The Lily
The first ‘Momnibus’ bill was signed into law. Other strides for Black maternal health could follow.
Los Angeles Times
Harris pushes for expansion of maternal healthcare, Medicaid postpartum coverage
Marketplace
The labor shortage continues in child care
NPR
What you can expect when vaccines become available for kids under 5
As child care costs soar, providers are barely getting by. Is there any fix?
Reuters
Analysis: U.S. rollout of free preschool could put more moms into U.S. workforce
TIME
The U.S. Almost Had Universal Childcare 50 Years Ago. The Same Attacks Might Kill It Today
USA Today
Tackle maternal health disparities, mortality with data and better care
Vox
Biden’s pre-K plan might not be as “universal” as he hopes
The Washington Post
Democrats face race against the clock to extend soon-expiring child tax credit payments
Build Back Better offers pre-K and child-care funding. States might not sign on.
A model for how to spend federal money on early education already exists
History shows how to fix the U.S.'s abysmal maternal and infant mortality rates