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June'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 June 2021.


OHIO NEWS


10TV Child care centers worried as Ohio Senate prepares to vote on funding program


Akron Beacon Journal Senators should embrace, not destroy, initiatives like Step Up to Quality


Associated Press Senate budget plan would end Ohio day care quality mandate


Canton Repository Who deserves COVID-19 hero pay? State lawmakers split over who could qualify for $1,000 checks


The Cincinnati Enquirer Opinion: Office will improve outcomes for youth


Opinion: Ohio cannot abandon kids who need child care


Cincinnati Public Radio Childcare Advocates And Lawmakers Debate Childcare Grading System


Cleveland.com Ohio Senate budget proposal includes changes for child care centers


Editorial: Ohio Senate’s attempt to defang acclaimed child-care ratings should not stand


Column: Gov. DeWine’s veto pen may be all that stands in the way of vindictive Senate budget proposals


Governor DeWine and Ohio EPA launch pipe removal project for Cleveland daycares


Cleveland Scene Report Suggests Ohio Child Well-Being Gains Could Decline


The Columbus Dispatch Republican lawmakers want to rewrite how Ohio grades child care providers


Opinion: Senators want to throw away years of progress by stepping away from quality child care


Editorial: Lawmakers on verge of throwing Ohio's children out with the bathwater in bad child-care proposal


Opinion: Rolling back child care quality system would be major mistake


Nationwide Children's aims to boost health by improving homes in Columbus neighborhoods


Dayton 24/7 Now Ohio programs work to care for infants, mothers, affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome


Dayton Daily News Budget proposal leads to battle over child care quality rules


State lawmakers shouldn’t gut Step Up to Quality


Gongwer Groups Push Back On Senate Child Care Revisions


Groundwork Ohio Ohioans Urge Senate to Restore Step Up to Quality


Senate Budget Deals Devastating Blow to Ohio’s Child Care System, Undercuts Early Learning Workforce


Expanding Access to Quality Child Care in Ohio Generates a Whopping 10% Return on Public Investment


Ideastream Sens. Brown, Portman Back Legislation To Increase Lead Screenings For Kids


Cuyahoga County Infant Mortality Dropped To Lowest Rate In 30 Years In 2020


Knox Pages Sherrod Brown: We must protect Ohio's kids from lead poisoning Mahoning Matters Leaders of Ohio Children's Services repeat pleas for funding boost


Ohio Capital Journal Child care leaders ‘outraged’ at state Senate’s removal of quality system in budget proposal


Statehouse News Bureau Senate Budget Cuts Star-Rating Program For Child Care Providers Coalition Supports Child Care Program For Accountability


WCPO Cincinnati Lawmakers, parents, daycares at odds over childcare grading system


NATIONAL NEWS


Barron’s Kids’ Mental Health Can’t Wait for Next Year


Bloomberg The Latest Pandemic Supply Shock: Child Care Workers


CBS News 2021 Child Tax Credit: Here's who will get up to $1,800 per child in cash — and who will need to opt out


Center for American Progress Millions of Families Are Struggling to Address Child Care Disruptions


The Center for Law and Social Policy 10 Things to Know about the Expanded Child Tax Credit


Child Trends Child Poverty Increased Nationally During COVID, Especially Among Latino and Black Children


A Demographic Comparison Between the Listed Home-Based Early Care and Education Workforce and Children in their Care


Fatherly How Doulas Can Help Improve The Black Infant Mortality Rate Crisis First Five Years Fund U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Greater Support and Investments for Child Care to Spur Economic Recovery


As America Recovers from the Pandemic, Data Shows Child Care Remains a Major Challenge for Working Parents


Hechinger Report One year later, child care closures aren’t as bad as feared— but long-term issues still loom


The Hill Child care is holding workers back in this recovery


Ms. Magazine To Build Back Better with Women, Invest in Child Care


New America Valuing Home and Child Care Workers NBC News Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid. Where's help for them?


U.S. News & World Report Why We’ve Declared a State of Emergency for Children’s Mental Health


USA Today Parents desperately need child care. But day cares are struggling to retain workers.


COVID exposes dire need for child care and paid leave. Give families help, not nostalgia.


The Wall Street Journal Biden Administration Says Child-Care Assistance Will Help Economy Grow

 

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