Ohio leaders must be focused on ensuring young children and their families have the supports needed to thrive.

A snapshot of Ohio’s performance on 20 key early childhood metrics—also highlighting disparities and inequities.

Amplifying Family Voice to Advance Equitable Outcomes for Young Children

Drafting a New Blueprint for Success

2020 equity follow-up report

• Resource Guide: Infant Formula Shortage

• Statewide Ohio Poll: Access to Quality Child Care is Key to Getting Ohioans Back to Work

• State Budget Impact Report (2021)

• Amplifying Family Voice to Advance Equitable Outcomes for Young Children (2021)

• Economic Analysis of Expanding Eligibility for Early Care and Education Programs in Ohio (2021)

• Building Momentum Impact Report (2021)

• Advancing the Early Childhood Education Profession (2020)

• Budget Advocacy Impact Report (2019)

• Building Brains, Building Communities (2020)

• Charting a Strong Course Forward (Ohio's Child Care System in Light of COVID-19) (2020)

• COVID-19 Child Care Considerations (2020)

• COVID-19 Impact Report (2020)

• Early Childhood Mental Health Report (2020)

• Race & Rural Equity Report (2017)

• Race & Rural Equity - Executive Summary (2017)

• Race & Rural Equity Follow-up Report (2020)

• Prioritize Child Care Advocacy Toolkit

• Advocacy Toolkit

• Book Recommendations for Young Learners

• Census Toolkit

• COVID-19 Mental Health Toolkit

• COVID-19: Resilience & Preventing Child Abuse

• COVID-19: Preventative Healthcare Toolkit

• Voter Toolkit – 2022

• Letter to Senator Sherrod Brown re: Prioritize Child Care Investments in Budget Reconciliation (June 2022)

• HB 428: Establishes the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission (October 2021)

• HB 142: Doula Services (June 2021)

• Groundwork Testimony for FY22-23 State Biennial Budget (February - June 2021)

• MACPAC Public Comment to Support Extension of Postpartum Coverage (January 2021)

• HCR 25: Declare a state of emergency on childhood trauma in Ohio (December 2020)

• SB326: Modify Pregnancy Mortality Review Board (September 2020)

• SB327: Enact Save Our Mothers Act-equitable birthing (September 2020)

• SB328: Require Medicaid to cover doula services (September 2020)

• SRC14: Declare Racism as a Public Health Crisis (June 2020)

• HB11: Regards tobacco cessation and prenatal initiatives (June 2020)

• Response to Ohio Department of Medicaid RFI (March 2020)

• Children Services Transformation Advisory Council (January 2020)

• (Addendum Response to Ohio Department of Medicaid)

• Response to ACF RFI (December 2019)

• SB150: Designate first week of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week" (October 2019)

• SB151: Designate the month of May as "Maternal Mortality Awareness Month" (October 2019)

• 2019 Budget Testimony

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• Brains: How They are Built

• Case for Support - Workforce Development, 2022

• Case for Support - Groundwork, 2021

• COVID-19 Guiding Principles

• Early Education Workforce in Ohio

• Early Literacy

• Equity: What is it?

• Expanding Access for Ohio’s Publicly Funded Child Care

• Increasing Child Care Eligibility (Urban Institute Data)

• Increasing Quality for Ohio’s Publicly Funded Child Care

• Juvenile Justice: Invest Early or Pay Later

• Lead Poisoning's Impact on Young Children

• Ohio Poll: Access to Quality Child Care

• Opioid Epidemic in Ohio

• Prenatal to Age 3: Babies Carry the Biggest Burden

• Race & Gender Equity

• Race & Rural Equity Community Summaries

• Transforming the Experience of Infants & Toddlers
  in Ohio's Child Welfare System

• Voluntary Evidence-Based Home Visiting

• All Groundwork's Policy Videos >

  • Race & Rural Equity Videos

  • Webinar & Event Videos

  • Ready, Set, Soar Ohio - Early Investments,
    A Lifetime of Success Videos

• See 2018 and older resources >