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 May 2021.
OHIO NEWS
The Cincinnati Enquirer Opinion: Put high quality, affordable child care within reach
The Columbus Dispatch Letter to the editor: House bill to help more families get childcare a must for state budget
Opinion: Ohioans fifth-most unhealthiest people in nation, but does that have to remain the case?
Opinion: There are ways to help save moms from death by sepsis
Opinion: Having a child too often a life and death struggle in Ohio
Dayton Business Journal Montgomery County organization to pilot early childhood education program in Dayton
Dayton Daily News Expert: Pandemic exposed ‘child care dilemma’ in Dayton region, nationally
Gongwer Advocates Target Childcare Access, Postpartum Support In Budget
Push Continues For Child Care Access Expansion NBC 4 Columbus State’s infant mortality rate task force addressing racial disparity in child deaths
News 5 Cleveland Advocates working to address high infant, maternal mortality rates in Ohio
Northeast Ohio working moms want more state daycare assistance
Ohio Capital Journal Increases in infant health, reductions in youth prisons should be budget priorities, advocates say
Ready, Set, Soar Ohio Healthy Beginnings at Home
The Role of Doulas in Improving Birth Outcomes for Moms and Babies
New Mothers Need Health Coverage Longer Than 60 Days
The Toledo Blade Ohio urged to spend surplus on children, pregnant women
WOSU Public Media President Biden's Plan To Overhaul Child Care
Doulas Growing In Demand To Save Black Moms And Babies
NATIONAL NEWS
The 74 Million As Early Ed Teachers Prepare for Fall, New Study Backs Efforts to Support Young Children’s Mental Health
CBS News U.S. faces widespread childcare shortage amid coronavirus pandemic
Increased monthly child tax credit payments to start in mid-July
CNBC The high cost of child care and lack of paid leave are holding back many working parents
Nearly 10 million children could get free or reduced-cost child care under new proposed legislation CNN Offices are reopening. For parents, that raises a childcare problem
Kaiser Family Foundation Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension Tracker Los Angeles Times Credit the pandemic with raising awareness of the importance of early childhood education
MarketWatch Opinion: Disruptions to child care and school had a profound impact on families during the pandemic
Ms. Magazine It’s Time to Build a Child Care System That Works For Everyone
The New York Times Policymakers Used to Ignore Child Care. Then Came the Pandemic.
A new coalition of 200 businesses will push fixes to the problems of child and elder care
Politico How much child care went up in your state
Reuters One key to getting women back to work post-pandemic: Childcare
Roll Call Congress, White House plan action on maternal health policies
USA Today Joe Biden looks to sell child care, education plan with state-specific pitches
The Washington Post There’s a massive child-care worker shortage and the market can’t fix it
Yahoo! News Watch: A conversation on the disparities in maternal health care