July's Early Childhood Education in the News

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 July, 2020.

OHIO NEWS

19 News

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Ohio chapter on why they’re pushing for in-person learning this fall

• Study: Lead poisoning can impact children well into adulthood

ABC 6

• New report reveals $57 billion loss from national childcare crisis

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Black infant deaths dive to new low in Hamilton County

• Child care challenges mount as back-to-school plans include remote learning

Columbus Dispatch

• Amid pandemic, parents cautious over child care

• Central Ohio child care centers waiting on subsidy figure before considering return to full capacity

• Columbus, Franklin County to channel CARES funds to help childcare providers handle COVID-19 protocols

• Pediatric research: Don’t skip children’s well visits during pandemic

Cleveland.com

• Early education leaders discuss rebuilding ‘workforce behind the workforce’ after coronavirus closures

• Numbers of children in Ohio day care centers can increase Aug. 9

• Cuyahoga County births more likely to be spaced apart than others in Ohio

Fox 8 News

• Petition calls for Gov. DeWine to make doulas essential in hospital delivery rooms

The Gazette

• Explaining a pandemic to preschoolers

Gongwer Ohio

• Children Services Panel Digs Into Kinship Care Issues

• Administration Praises Early Childhood Stakeholders For Pandemic Efforts

• Housing Effort Shows Positive Effects On Pregnancy Outcomes; Report Suggests More Data Collection On Domestic Violence Brain Injuries

• DeWine Restricts County Fairs, Eases Child Care Limits

IdeaStream

• Pre4Cle: Without Federal Aid, Half Ohio's Child Care Providers Could Close

• As Lead Testing Plummets For Cleveland Children, Health Concerns Grow

Local 12 News

• Over 2,000 preschoolers in Clermont Co. to get free books thanks to Dolly Parton program

NBC4i

• Ohio childcare providers must choose between capacity or subsidy

• Columbus, Franklin County to spend $8.2 million to help childcare facilities

News 5 Cleveland

• Advocates say child care industry needs help to stay afloat

Urbana Daily Citizen

• Supporting Ohio children through a pandemic

WDTN

• Preschool Promise programs to run at reduced capacity

WOSU Public Media

• Coronavirus In Ohio: Study Finds Lack Of Child Care Is Hurting Businesses

NATIONAL NEWS

CNBC

• House passes set of bills that give child care industry a more than $60 billion bailout

• Republicans’ relief plan includes $15 billion bailout of the child-care industry—but it falls short of what’s needed, advocates say

• 87% of millennials and Gen Zers say child-care costs affect their decision to have kids

• Black parents are twice as likely to suffer setbacks at work when they can’t find child care

First Five Years Fund

• Without Support, Child Care Providers Expect to Permanently Close

• Sens. Ernst, Alexander Unveil Bill to Support Child Care Providers, Working Families Amid COVID-19 Crisis

• Biden Campaign Releases Child Care Proposal as COVID-19 Pushes Industry to the Brink of Collapse

• NEW: 41 Republican House Members Call for Additional Relief for Child Care Providers

FiveThirtyEight

• Why It Took So Long For Politicians To Treat The Child Care Crisis As A Crisis

Forbes

• 40% Of U.S. Child Care Centers Say They'll Close Permanently Without Public Assistance

The Hechinger Report

• Broken system: Child care subsidies ensure low-quality, limit access

The Hill

• Will Congress provide relief to the ailing child care sector?

Marketplace

• Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign

Motherly

• Nearly 8 million Americans can't work because they don't have childcare

NBC News

• For some parents, day care feels risky. For others, reopening couldn't come sooner.

• Study says that young children carry as much coronavirus in their noses as adults

New York Times

• Black Children Are More Likely to Die After Surgery Than White Peers, Study Shows

• ‘They Go to Mommy First’

Politico

• How the Child Care Crisis Will Distort the Economy for a Generation

• 'Crashing down’: How the child care crisis is magnifying racial disparities

Refinery29

• Coronavirus Has Finally Put A Spotlight On America’s Childcare Crisis. What Happens Now?

U.S. News

• 'I See Racism Every Day,' a Pediatrician Says

USA Today

• Prioritize COVID aid for child care and schools to help parents and the economy: GOP leader

Washington Post

• Investment in child care can’t wait until there’s a coronavirus vaccine

• The Daily 202: America is in the Middle of a Child Care Crisis

• The child-care industry is on the brink of collapse. Congress must rescue it.

• Coronavirus child care crisis will set women back a generation

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