Child Nutrition
NEW: Infant Formula Resource Guide
. This Guide compiles information, guidance and key resources on the infant formula shortage to assist Ohio’s families and community partners in navigating this crisis.
Blog
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Education
The Impact of Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools™ on Young Future Leaders
Take it all the way back to the summer of 1964, a year after four Black girls were killed in the bombing of a Birmingham church, when young civil rights leader Marian Wright Edelman helped begin the Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi.
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Education
What Does School Safety Look Like? Protect Whole Child Approaches in Education that Promote Child Safety, Success, and Well-Being
I am proud of the strides taken in recent years by the State Board of Education and Ohio Department of Education leadership to appeal to every student’s unique interest, reaching out to multiple people in a student’s ecosystem to craft these guiding frameworks for Ohio’s education system.
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Child Poverty
Flexible Cash: The Tax Credit Opportunity
Flexible cash is what families tell us they need to be able to create a nurturing, stable platform from which they and their children can successfully launch. The additional, flexible resources that come from tax credits would help families achieve economic stability and help children to have what they need to thrive.
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Education
Queerness is Beautiful
A mental health crisis among trans and nonbinary children reflected in heartbreaking testimony begging the Department of Family and Protective Services to end investigations against families with trans youth.
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Child Health
Federal Resources Available to Improve Children’s Mental Health Care
In the wake of the horrible school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a joint letter to states encouraging them to prioritize children’s mental health and well-being and to maximize all available federal funding streams to expand mental health services for children.
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Education
Ohio Children Will Benefit from a More Diverse Educator Workforce
The important role that teachers play in our lives, in the lives of our children, and in our society is undeniable – we can all remember our best teachers, how they made us feel, how they expanded our minds with new information, and how they met us where we were with patience, compassion, and high expectations of where we could go.
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Welcome Daisha Williams! CDF-Ohio's Intern for Summer 2022!
This summer, we are pleased to introduce Daisha Williams to the CDF-Ohio team. Daisha will be working with the policy team in our work supporting education equity and elevating youth voice.
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Child Health
Support AAPI Communities Every Month
This month we’re taking a moment to do just that and direct you to follow the partners who lead the work to uplift AAPI communities.
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HB 99 Will Put Ohio Children More at Risk
Today, Children's Defense Fund-Ohio will be testifying in opposition to H.B. 99 in the Senate Veteran and Public Safety Committee. This dangerous legislation will put children more at risk of gun injury and death and will do nothing to keep them safer in schools.
Featured Blog Series
For Our Children
From the desk of President and CEO Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, discover a new take on child well-being and advocacy. Read to learn more about shaping conversations, policies, and actions for improving the lives of our nation's children and youth.
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