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 September 2021.
OHIO NEWS
10TV
City of Columbus announces $3.5 million in COVID relief funds to help rebuild child care industry
Cleveland.com
The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio children's hospitals seeing influx, more serious COVID-19 cases 'than ever before'
Columbus council to consider allocating more than $4 million for pre-K schooling
Early childhood education programs vital to our kids' success
Columbus Monthly
An Ohio State Study Sheds Light on Kids Being Left Behind
Dayton Daily News
Child care crisis: Costs, worker shortage leading to ‘untenable’ situation
Op-ed: Child care is a smart investment in kids, families and businesses
Op-ed: ‘Investing in early childhood education is investing in our future’
Moms pivot, juggle to balance work and child care in pandemic
Local child care can cost up to $15,000 for one child
Child care responsibilities hindered work
Enrollment dropped for many Preschool Promise providers during pandemic
Record numbers of women left labor force in 2020
Child care funding controversial among area legislators
Ideastream
Ohioans Lack Access To Affordable, Quality Childcare
Morning Journal
Report shows Lorain County Head Start improved amid pandemic
News 5 Cleveland
77% of child care centers in Ohio experience shortages in staffing, survey says
Ohio children's hospital leaders warn of 'perfect storm' of COVID and RSV cases
News AKMI Media
Portsmouth Daily Times
Safe Babies Court Team is up and running in Scioto County
Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio kids’ show elevated lead blood levels at more than twice the national rate, study finds
Springfield News-Sun
Child care crisis: Costs, worker shortage leading to ‘untenable’ situation
Local child care can cost up to $15,000 for one child
Child care responsibilities hindered work
Child care funding controversial among area legislators
The Toledo Blade
Op-ed: A bridge to the future for Toledo’s kids
WCPO
As Congress debates pre-K funding, Preschool Promise says guaranteed preschool gets results here
WXYS
Ohio Children's Hospitals sound the alarm on COVID-19 impact on kids
NATIONAL NEWS
ABC News
Biden plan seeks to expand education, from pre-K to college
Barron’s
Why Aren’t We Paying Child-Care Workers Enough?
Bloomberg
How the Child Care Crisis Became a Global Economic Fiasco
Child-Care Crunch Could Trigger a Double-Dip Recession for Women
Business Insider
CBS News
With child care unaffordable, many parents struggle to stay employed
Families struggle to afford child care
Center for American Progress
Center for Health Care Strategies
Engaging Families in Program and Policy Development to Advance Health Equity
CNBC
The earliest child tax credit payments meant 3.3 million households with kids had enough to eat
America’s ‘unworkable’ child-care system is failing families, Treasury Department says
Fatherly
Survey: Majority of Parents Say Child Care Problems Hurt Their Careers
First Five Years Fund
Child Care Is a Winning Issue Among Key Voter Groups
Fortune
How much families would save on childcare if Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan passes
The Guardian
Finding childcare has always been hard for US workers. Today, it’s harder
Los Angeles Times
America wants parents back at work. Is it ready to help foot the bill for childcare?
Our collective amnesia about childcare
Marketplace
America’s child care system is failing families. Just ask the Treasury Department.
Child tax credit money eluding low-income families
MarketWatch
MSNBC News
Parents struggle as Covid pandemic makes affordable child care harder to find
NBC News
Harris and Yellen urge Congress to back affordable child care proposal
The New York Times
Lessons on Child Care, From the Military
The Biden administration looks to expanded child care funds to combat labor shortages.
‘Can’t Compete’: Why Hiring for Child Care Is a Huge Struggle
NPR
Babies, The Delta Variant And COVID: What Parents Need To Know The Impact of Child Care on Women and the Labor Market
Reuters
U.S. childcare in short supply as burned-out workers quit, new hires hard to find
Yellen, Harris to argue that investment in child care benefits overall economy
USA Today
Finding day care was already a 'confusing and frustrating maze.' Coronavirus made it worse.
The Wall Street Journal
Counting Little Kids Is a Big Challenge for the U.S. Census
The Washington Post
Democrats ready $450 billion plan to expand child care, pre-K
Child care workers are quitting rapidly, a red flag for the economy
Op-ed: Our child-care system has been failing women (and men and kids). That may soon change.
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News
Local child care can cost up to $15,000 for one child
Child care crisis: Costs, worker shortage leading to 'untenable' situation
Record numbers of women left labor force in 2020