“Eliminating Step Up to Quality would be a betrayal and a reckless use of federal and state funding for our children..."

A recent analysis by the University of Cincinnati Economics Center found that quality child care and early education...

Child care professionals deserve hero pay -- they are the workforce behind the workforce and the unsung heroes of Ohio's child care system.

"This proposal fails to give families the quality child care they need to work and the enriching early experiences that children need..."

Business leaders and child care advocates are calling on lawmakers to reverse course on a change proposed in the state budget bill.

Following the release of the Ohio Senate's proposal to eliminate Step Up to Quality, Groundwork Ohio snapped into action to mobilize Ohioans

We are calling on Ohioans to speak up for quality child care...

Groundwork Ohio testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the importance of Step Up to Quality.

Each month, Groundwork Ohio reads the latest and greatest resources on early education and health from a wide variety of sources...

"The Senate’s decision to eliminate Step Up to Quality will create a two-tiered child care system of haves and have-nots..."

Early childhood advocates say eliminating the Ohio's Step Up to Quality system will hurt children.

A new study finds public investment in quality child care generates major benefits for Ohio taxpayers.

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"Women also cannot get to work without adequate and affordable child care..."

"It is up to us to determine whether our kids are worth it. United Way of Greater Toledo and its members strongly believe they are..."

"Ohio’s youngest learners, families, businesses, and communities cannot wait any longer. If not now, then when?..."

"The system of support for child care subsidies is flawed and adding to the early childhood crisis..."

Hard work should also be rewarded, but some policies are insufficient & inadvertently keep hard-working parents from climbing the economic..

"For many working mothers, the option to return to work is impossible without access to care for their children..."

Research shows that children who participate in high-quality early childhood programs are better prepared for kindergarten...