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
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
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
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
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
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