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 April 2021.
OHIO NEWS
Cleveland.com
COVID has ravaged Cuyahoga County childcare enrollment, availability
Columbus Dispatch
Gongwer
New Member Profile: Children's Issues An Early Focus For Rep. White
Push To Expand Child Care Eligibility Continues
Child Care Expansion A Workforce Issue, Proponents Say
Senators Talk Need For Quality Child Care Ahead Of Budget Deliberations
Groundwork Ohio
Ohio Leaders Voice Support for Bill to Expand Access to Child Care
Hannah
What ARP Means for Ohio: Advocates Hope $1B-Plus Child Care Funding Will Go to Expand Eligibility
Health Policy News
Many pregnant women with low incomes lose insurance coverage after giving birth, study finds
Highland County Press
Child care touted as critical infrastructure issue
Idea Stream
COVID's Effect On Pre-K Learning And Efforts To Grow Classrooms Post-Pandemic
Pandemic May Provide A Chance To Rethink Early Learning In Ohio
Journal News
Warren commissioner suggests using new rescue plan funding to help with childcare costs
Newark Advocate
O'Neill: Investing in childcare supports our workforce, now and for the future
News 5 Cleveland
Here's how the White House's infrastructure plan could impact Ohio
Study: Waning pandemic could still create new child care deserts in Cuyahoga County
Ohio Capital Journal
Child care touted as critical infrastructure issue
Public News Service
Keeping Ohio Kids Safe a Shared Responsibility
WCPO
Fewer southwest Ohio child care providers are accepting vouchers from low-income families
WDTN
Sinclair College expands early childhood education center services for student-parents
WFMJ
Governor DeWine signs Ohio transportation budget
WKSU
Preschool Education is Changing After COVID-19 Caused Enrollment to Drop
NATIONAL NEWS
American Academy of Pediatrics
Community Health Workers in Home Visits and Asthma Outcomes
Baby Gaga
1-In-3 Women Lack Medicaid Coverage Before & After Pregnancy
BCTV.ORG
American Rescue Funding to Rescue the Child Care Industry
Bipartisan Policy Center
The Effects of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit on Child Care Affordability
CBS News
Biden eyes tax hike on wealthy to fund child care
CNBC
Biden tax plan could save some families nearly $15,000 a year on child care
CNN Politics
White House releases $39 billion in relief funds to keep child care providers afloat
First Five Years Fund
Report Details Long-Term Impact of Child Care Shortages on Parental Workforce Participation
CCDBG COVID-19 Relief Funding At-a-Glance
President Biden Seeks Important Funding Increases for Early Learning & Care Programs in FY2022
Child Care for Working Families Act Re-Introduced in Congress
Vice President Harris Announces $39 Billion in Child Care Relief Going to States
Bipartisan House Hearing Examines the Essential Role of Child Care and Paid Leave for Women
Governors From Across The Nation Highlight The Critical Need For Child Care
U.S. Senate HELP Committee Holds Bipartisan Hearing on Strengthening the Child Care Sector
Georgetown University
Advancing Postpartum Coverage in Medicaid: Waiver or SPA?
Harvard Business Review
Health Affairs
Hechinger Report
OPINION: Child care is just as important as preschool
The Hill
Child care advocates seek to lock down $25 billion in new federal funding
The Lilly
The pandemic devastated home-based child care: ‘I don’t know how we bounce back’
Marketplace
A year into COVID, child care issues still affect mothers’ employment
MarketWatch
Americans want more affordable child care options — Republican voters included
Military Times
This is what the pandemic taught us about military child care
NAEYC
NAEYC Statement on the American Families Plan
New York Times
Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education
NPR
Democrats Outline 'Care Infrastructure' Plan, With Paid Leave And Child Care
Rapid-EC
A Year in the Life of a Pandemic What We’ve Learned Listening to Family Voice
USA Facts
USA Today
The child care industry collapsed during COVID-19, so Biden's giving it $39B from the stimulus
Vox
One weird trick to fix our broken child care system
How Biden’s infrastructure plan could leave child care behind
Washington Post
After falling off the ‘benefits cliff,’ this mom decided to build a child-care safety net
White House closes in on ‘families plan’ spending proposal centered on child care, pre-K, paid leave
The White House
Vice President Harris Hosts a White House Roundtable on Black Women’s Maternal Health
Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan
Zero to Three
5 Critical Needs for Babies in COVID-19
The State of Child Care for Babies: The Need to Do Better for Our Youngest Children
ZERO TO THREE Welcomes Introduction of American Families Plan