Research shows that when parents and families are more engaged, children do better. Yet more often than not, families are left out of...

The state budget also widened financial eligibility for publicly funded child care in the state...

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Early education groups like Groundwork Ohio had been asking for larger increase in PFCC income eligibility, but see the provision as...

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"Step Up To Quality is the foundation of Ohio’s child care system, ensuring that ALL children have access to quality early learning..."

"The initiative gets at something long missing as Ohio has struggled to navigate well a difficult economic transition..."

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"Step Up To Quality has been vital to building a quality early education system in Ohio..."

"Without sufficient nutrition and stimulation, a stable home environment and quality early-childhood education, children tend to start..."

If Step Up to Quality is weakened or gutted, children will be the losers.

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The next week is critical in saving Ohio's quality child care system. Here's how you can take action today to save quality child care...

"Tossing this baby out with the bathwater would amount to throwing our babies out of future opportunities to thrive."

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"We must use our voices to support Ohio’s children, women, and families by opposing the Senate’s efforts to dismantle Step Up To Quality."

"Do you want to invest in babysitting or do you want to invest in something that will yield in returns later?"

“The research is clear: Public investment in quality child care yields tremendous benefits and cost-savings for children, families, and..."

Business leaders, early childhood professionals, and parents joined Groundwork Ohio to speak out against efforts to end Step Up To Quality.

Eliminating Step Up to Quality will lead to drastic reductions in child care quality and a lack of focus on the future workforce...