What We're Reading: April 2023

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 2023.

OHIO NEWS

Ohio

• Quality child care linked to kindergarten readiness and parents being able to work

• U.S. Secretary of Education tours Columbus schools

• Local families, daycares struggle with rising childcare costs

• Medicaid patients in Ohio in danger of losing coverage

• Amid a high infant mortality rate, Ohio researchers look beyond health care

• Ohio lawmakers delete $150M proposal to help critical-care workers pay for childcare

• DeWine touts ‘science of reading’ in visit to Youngstown school

• Child care advocates, chamber of commerce urge reconsideration of budget

• Why is childcare so expensive, especially if teachers are paid so little? Rethinking childcare in Cleveland

• Most Ohio students qualify for $1,000 for tutoring, summer camps, music lessons. Here’s how to get the money

• As maternal mortality rises, Ohio policymakers urge action

• Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) program doubles grant amounts and expands eligibility access

NATIONAL NEWS

Bloomberg News

• Child Care Has Failed. The Government Can Help

Early Learning Nation

• Black Women Fear Death During and Post-Pregnancy: It Isn’t Paranoia

EdWeek

• Kids' Declining Mental Health Is the 'Crisis of Our Time,' Surgeon General Says

First Five Years Fund

• The First 5 Things to Know: Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit

The Hill

• The CHIPS Act reinforces the obvious: Child care is a public necessity

Public News Service

• Report Student Parents Need Better Access to Child Care

Marketplace

• Five child care workers on the joys and struggles of the job

The Nation

• The Childcare Crisis Is Getting Worse

Vox

• The first step to solving the child care crisis

The White House

• Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers

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