What We're Reading: June 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 June 2023.

OHIO NEWS

• How childcare cost one mother her job: Rethinking Child Care

• Governor urges Senate to put $150M child care program back in budget

• COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Addressing the child care crisis in the Miami Valley

• Shaping the future of child care in Ohio

• Ohio advocates want lawmakers to restore $150 million in childcare grants

• Ohio lawmakers move to eliminate sales tax on baby products

• Work still to be done for Ohio's early childhood education, study shows

• Survey: Thousands of Cincinnati children have little access to quality early childhood education

• How Ohio's child care costs compare nationwide

• Student mental health is Orange Schools’ main challenge

• Ohio House, Senate to hash out differences in state budget proposals as protesters decry funding levels

• Demonstrators call for more funding in Ohio budget

• Inaccessible, expensive child care contributing to well-being of kids, data shows

• Two-thirds of Ohio kindergarteners falling behind, data shows

• Ohio House eliminates policy holding back struggling 3rd-grade readers

• The youth mental health crisis is only getting worse: Emily Campbell

NATIONAL NEWS

19th

• Your boss now has to accommodate pregnant workers, from morning sickness to abortion care

Business Insider

• The Most Expensive and Most Affordable Cities for Childcare in the US

CBS News

• Parents pushed to their limits over rising child care costs, limited access to care

FFYF

• New Report Highlights Precarious State Progress on Child Care Assistance Policies

PBS

• Kids, Trauma and Mental Health

The American Conversation

• The Looming Child Care Cliff

The Conversation

• Lack of affordable child care is hurting young farm families' ability to grow their businesses – the US farm bill may finally offer some help

The New York Times

• Child Care Disruptions Expected as Record Funding Nears an End

• Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home

The Marketplace

• Child care is a challenge for the many parents with unpredictable work hours

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