child care centers

The lack of affordable and accessible child care means many parents are being sidelined from work, with significant impacts on tax revenues and workplace productivity, according to a new report.

Child care advocates and providers from across Ohio lobbied state lawmakers Wednesday to boost funding to the child care system in Ohio, which they say is facing a crisis with workforce shortages and parents unable to afford those services.

Officials with the nonprofit Starting Point say qualifying parents and child care centers can now contact it to access the assistance.

A group of business leaders and child care advocates are asking state lawmakers to keep the Step Up To Quality rating system.

A petition to join teachers in getting vaccinated prompts Gov. Mike DeWine to reiterate the state's priorities of inoculating the elderly and returning K-12 students back to school in person.