What We're Reading: May 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 May 2023.

OHIO NEWS

• Ohio House's version of budget cuts back on proposed funding to science of reading

• State of maternity care in rural Ohio: Wards shuttered, births in cars

• Ohio takes part in National Day Without Childcare, advocates call for more funding

• Action for Children Impact Report

• Quebec offers public childcare for $6 a day. Why can’t the U.S.? Rethinking Childcare

• The pandemic caused a childcare staffing crisis. It's still not over

• Ohio Dept. of Education praises governor, House versions of education budget

• Ohio’s loss of childcare workers is more than a pandemic problem; it started way earlier

NATIONAL NEWS

ABC News

• Moms take kids to Congress to push paid leave, child care bills

AP News

• ​​Why Black women are more likely to die in pregnancy

The 19th

• Child care poised to be major player in Election 2024

American Progress

• 5 Things To Know About the Child Care for Working Families Act

Counties for Kids

• Counties Are Investing in Doulas to Advance Birth Equity

Early Learning Nation

• More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay

• Think Child Care is Hard to Find? Try Being a Parent Who Works Early Mornings, Late Nights or Weekends

EdWeek

• What It's Like Teaching Through a Youth Mental Health Crisis

Fatherly

• This New Report Exposes The Dire State Of Child Care Funding In The U.S.

FFYF

• Understanding Parents’ Complex Child Care Choices or Lack Thereof

Forbes

• Why Investing In Child Care Strengthens The Economy

Hechinger Report

• For children with disabilities, child care options are worse than ever

NBC News

• National Maternal Mental Health Hotline received over 12,000 calls and texts in its first year

The Week

• Why is American child care so expensive?

Vox

• Inside the winning fight for affordable child care in Vermont

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