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 March 2022.
OHIO NEWS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Pandemic isolation harmed kids' social skills. How one Cincinnati provider is helping
Opinion: Investment in child care key to economic growth
Cleveland Scene
Ohio Study Makes Case for Online WIC Program
The Columbus Dispatch
Opinion: 'Reprehensible practice' sees foster children with disabilities displaced over money
Franklin County investing $23 million to help families struggling to pay for child care
Groundwork Ohio
Love, Blessed, Resilient: Getting to Know Ohio Families with Young Children
Groundwork Ohio Releases Preview of a First-of-Its-Kind Early Childhood Dashboard
Ohioans Testify on the Importance of Quality in Child Care Settings
Laying the Groundwork: The Power of Data
Gov. DeWine's 2022 State of the State Address: Affirming a Commitment to Ohio’s Youngest Children
The Lima News
$650 to support child care centers in Ohio
NBC 4
Franklin County investing $23 million in childcare initiative
News 5 Cleveland
Gov. DeWine announces $650 million for child care providers
WDTN
Miami Valley child care centers grateful for additional funding
NATIONAL NEWS
The 19th
A historic child care investment saved centers from collapse. What happens when the money runs out?
American Heart Association
$20 million committed for research focused on health equity in maternal, infant CVD health
Bloomberg
Biden’s State of the Union Didn’t Capture the Expensive Reality of Child Care
CBS News
Child care costs keeping many women from returning to work
CNN
Child care worker shortage strands half a million families
Fast Company
This is how we fix the broken childcare system
Forbes
Early Learning Is Key To Global Competitiveness; We Must Invest Now
Why The Lego Foundation Wants To Improve Early Education Worldwide
Fortune
America’s childcare crisis has real consequences for employers
Parents who quit their jobs because they can’t find adequate child care face a 7% wage penalty
The Hechinger Report
Evictions, high rents and strict rules plague in-home child care
Opinion: We can longer afford to neglect child care providers and our littlest learners
The Hill
Opinion: For a full recovery, the US must address its child care crisis
NPR
What the U.S. labor shortage means for child care in the U.S.
Politico
As Americans return to work, child care remains a serious obstacle
USA Today
Vox
Why the US doesn’t have universal child care (anymore)
Maternity wards are shuttering across the US during the pandemic
The Wall Street Journal
Nearly Half a Million Families Are Hurt by the Child-Care Labor Shortage
The Washington Post
Opinion: We say we love kids and families. Our policies prove the opposite.
Trauma in infancy can have a lingering effect throughout life
Yahoo! News
Inflation Is Of Particular Concern When It Comes To Child Care