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 January 2022.
OHIO NEWS
The Center for Community Solutions
New Data Shows Ohio Children at Lowest Poverty Rate in 20 Years
Cincinnati CityBeat
Ohio Parents at "Breaking Point" with Child Care Stress During Pandemic
Cleveland.com
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library leads to higher kindergarten readiness in Cleveland, report finds
Cleveland Scene
Advocates Say Ohio Parents at "Breaking Point" With Child Care Stress During Pandemic
Dayton Daily News
Changes in state child-care system aim to reduce burden on providers
FOX19 Cincinnati
Pandemic, childcare issues remain stressors for some Ohio parents, poll finds
Groundwork Ohio
Mayor Andrew Ginther: Child Care and Early Education is Key to a Full and Equitable Recovery
Quality Early Childhood Education: A 21st Century Business, Workforce, and Economic Issue
Gongwer
ODJFS Announces Step Up To Quality Changes In Wake Of Veto
Ideastream Public Media
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helps ready children for Kindergarten, according to new study
Ironton Tribune
ODJFS announces improvements to step up to Quality Child Care Program
Ohio Capital Journal
Opinion: What’s at stake for families as the monthly child tax credit payment ends?
Public News Service
Child Care Crisis: Ohio Parents at "Tipping Point"
Ready, Set, Soar Ohio
Bridging the Gaps for Babies and Families
WKYC
Education Station: Early childhood education enrollment declines amid COVID
WOSU
Ohio's 'Step Up To Quality' Child Care Program Makes Improvements
NATIONAL NEWS
The Associated Press
Omicron surge vexes parents of children too young for shots
The Boston Globe
The Center for American Progress
Only Bold Action From Congress Will Solve the Child Care Crisis
CNBC
CNN Business
Child care workers are vanishing and it's hurting the entire economy
The Conversation
About 1 in 3 child care workers are going hungry
Forbes
Early Learning Programs Are Key To Labor Market Participation And A Stronger U.S. Economy
The Hechinger Report
In-home child care could be solution for rural working parents
The Hill
Opinion: For the sake of the economy, child care must be built back better
NBC News
Giving low-income families cash can help babies’ brain activity
The New York Times
Child Tax Credit’s Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew
No Shots, No Day Care: Parents of Kids Under 5 Stuck in Grueling Limbo
Opinion: I See Signs of Despair From Parents of Kids Under 5
Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds
NPR
A Pediatrician’s Advice to Parents of Kids Under 5 on Omicron
Child care is getting more support from some private companies
Single parents are balancing work and child care, all while dealing with uncertainty
The omicron variant is wreaking havoc at day care centers
Vaccinate and test. That advice isn't much help to parents who have kids under 5.
Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom
Pew Charitable Trusts
Community Partnerships Are Critical to Improving Maternal, Infant Health
Federal Aid Is Propping Up Child Care. It Isn't a Long-Term Fix.
Slate
The Agony of Parents With Kids Under 5
USA Today
America leads wealthy countries in maternal deaths. Our local data could change that.
Vox
The parents of the youngest children are not okay
Can giving parents cash help with babies’ brain development?
Wall Street Journal
Monthly Child-Tax-Credit Payments Cease, Ending Cushion for Family Budgets
Yahoo! News
Manchin returns to Build Back Better negotiations with climate, child care demands