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 October 2021.
OHIO NEWS
ABC 6 News
Lawmakers pushing for "bill of rights" for Ohio foster kids
The Canton Repository
Child care owner embraces her mission
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Public Radio
Child care centers are facing a staffing crisis
Cleveland.com
Letter to the editor: For many parents, economic opportunity starts with affordable child care
Op-ed: Child-care problems could become a health-care-staffing crisis
Columbus Business First
From the editor: Childcare shortfall undermining economic recovery
The Columbus Dispatch
Expanded Child Tax Credit should be made permanent, research says
Daycare centers still struggling to find workers almost two years into pandemic
Gongwer
Better Metrics At Core Of Children's Behavioral Health Group's Suggestions
Local 12 Cincinnati
Keeping the Promise: New data shows Cincinnati Preschool Promise program is working
Ohio Capital Journal
Congress has a plan for universal pre-K. Will states opt in?
Analysis: Child tax credit provides needed stability amid pandemic recovery
NBC 24 News
Ohio Governor's Imagination Library expands to bring more books to Toledo
News 5 Cleveland
Limited access to day care curtails rebound employment rates
Star Beacon
Area child care centers struggling to staff up
The Times Leader
Grant boosts lead paint exposure screening efforts for Ohio babies
WHIO TV
Registration open for Public Health’s infant safe sleep event in Montgomery County
WKBN
Ohio senator says supply chain issue includes wages, work conditions and child care
WOSU
$262 Million In Federal Pandemic Aid Allocated For Ohio Schools And Childcare
NATIONAL NEWS
The Associated Press
Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
Axios
Child care economics weigh on the recovery
Bloomberg Law
EPA Launches Lead Exposure Effort to Help Vulnerable Communities
The Boston Globe
Parents pay a small fortune for child care. So why are so many providers struggling?
Business Insider
3 ways to fix the vicious cycle that's disrupting childcare and making the labor shortage worse
CBS News
Can we fix America's child care crisis? States implement solutions to avert disaster
Center for American Progress
Investing in Home Care and Early Childhood Educators Has Outsize Impacts on Employment
CLASP
Make Child Care More Affordable: States Should Use Relief Funds to Increase Income Eligibility
CNBC
An investment in child care would help lift some Latina women out of poverty, analysis finds
CNN Politics
Negotiators near agreement on key Biden priorities expanding child care and universal pre-K
Entrepreneur
Family farms are struggling with two hidden challenges: health insurance and child care
First Five Years Fund
Families in Rural Communities Face Acute Child Care Challenges
POTUS, VP, and FLOTUS Hit the Road for Child Care and Preschool in the Build Back Better Act
Forbes
Tying Together Child Care Benefits With Employee Retention
The Hechinger Report
Opinion: Home-based child care providers deserve better pay, working conditions and respect
Opinion: One way to make universal preschool a reality — Head Start for all
The Hill
Opinion: Families can't wait: We must address the child care supply gap today
Los Angeles Times
A child-care crisis is keeping women out of the workforce for longer
Marketplace
Why there's a child care shortage, and how parents are coping
Hire by hire, child care centers chip away at labor shortage
Day care providers struggle to compete with rising wages
NBC News
Future of child tax credit may be foggy, but its benefits are growing clearer
The New York Times
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
Moms Are Back to Work, But Child Care Resources Are ‘Laughable’
When Child Care Costs Twice as Much as the Mortgage
Is Child Care A Public Responsibility?
Opinion: Why Is Raising a Child in the United States So Hard?
NPR
1 in 3 working families is struggling to find the child care they desperately need
Pediatricians say the mental health crisis among kids has become a national emergency
Day care for disabled children requires better funding, parents and experts say.
POLITICO
Democrats defend their child care plan against unexpected attack
PBS Newshour
Biden promotes investments in child care to help working families
Roll Call
Child care funds likely spared the budget ax other programs face
San Francisco Chronicle
Black maternal mortality rates are a national embarrassment. Doulas can help The Washington Post
Op-ed: Government funding is critical to raise wages for child-care workers
Why child-care workers are quitting
Op-ed: Unless Congress acts, only the rich will be able to afford child care
US News & World Report
Child Care Providers Say They Can't Access Relief Money
USA Today
The Wall Street Journal
Millions of Workers Stay Home to Watch Young Children as Daycares Struggle
WHYY
Yahoo! Finance
Child care woes leave small biz 'struggling to get people in' as job growth fizzles
Why Child Care Still Plays a Significant Role in Getting Parents Back to Work
Yahoo! News