What We're Reading: August 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 August 2023.

OHIO NEWS

• Gov. DeWine launches ReadOhio initiative to improve literacy

• Governor DeWine Announces More Ohio Children Will Have Access to High-Quality Preschool Education

• High infant mortality rates in Franklin County bringing more focus to racial disparities

• Life worrisome at the edge of Ohio's benefit cliff

• Most Franklin County children aren't ready for kindergarten. What needs to change?

• New Cuyahoga County, city of Cleveland task force combats youth mental health care shortage

• New federal rule could cut child care costs, boost access for low-income Ohio families: Rethinking Child Care

• Ohio child care providers press Intel to help families thrive

• Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US

• Staffing shortage has child care centers turning away families

• What impact are racial disparities having on Ohio economy?

NATIONAL NEWS

CNBC

• Majority of parents spend 20% or more of household income on child care, report finds

CNN

• America’s child care crisis is about to get a lot worse

Early Learning Nation

• Child Care is Now Free for Some Families–Which Raises Some Questions!

EdSurge

• ‘God Forbid I Have to Move Again’: One Home-Based Child Care Provider’s Experience With Housing

FFYF

• Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Leverage Existing Tax Credits to Support Working Parents and Employers in Accessing Child Care

Forbes

• Why The Child Care Crisis Is Actually An Economic Crisis

NPR

• The FDA approves the first pill specifically intended to treat postpartum depression

NWLC

• Early Educators’ Wage Growth Lagged Behind Other Low-Paid Occupations, Jeopardizing the Supply of Child Care As Relief Dollars Expire

Politico

• ‘A crying need for kids’: Federal child care aid dwindles

The 19th

• Child care has been silently crushing women farmers for generations. That may change soon.

Wall Street Journal

• Why Child-Care Prices Are Rising at Nearly Twice the Overall Inflation Rate

Yahoo News

• Working moms feel the summer strain. Why a lack of child care options hit women hard

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