Increase access to affordable, quality child care for working families to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). 

Implement a refundable child tax credit for working parents with young children.

Increase access to evidence-based home visiting programs including expanding the Family Connects model statewide.

Invest and scale community impact models like Cradle Cincinnati to encourage collaboration between women, clinicians, hospitals, managed care and other community partners to reduce infant and maternal mortality.

Invest in effective early childhood professionals to meet the growing needs of young children by improving payment practices to child care programs.

Strengthen Early Development and Literacy Support: Increase state investment in Early Intervention (Part C) to ensure timely evaluations, assessments, and service coordination for infants and toddlers with developmental delays, while also expanding access to evidence-based early literacy initiatives, including curricula grounded in the science of reading and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Ohio.