Child Health
Tonight President Trump will address the nation as he delivers his State of the Union remarks. Reports suggest he will present a “relentless optimism,” but our newly-released annual report—State of American’s Children 2020—offers a dramatically different picture: the current state of our children is unacceptable and must be urgently addressed.
Child Poverty
A society must be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable—and most valuable—members: its children. The State of America’s Children 2020 makes it abundantly clear that by this measure, America is falling shamefully short.
Child Health
Child Poverty
On January 6th the Central Ohio Foster Care Forum sponsored by Governor DeWine’s Children Services Transformation Advisory Council was hosted at Columbus State Community College. Students of the Scholar Network, a support group that provides wraparound services for foster alum students, alongside youth involved with Foster Action Ohio, took advantage of the opportunity to use their voice during this special event on their campus.
Child Poverty
More than 20 years and 151 presidential debates have passed without a single question on child poverty. Candidates have been asked about the World Series, cursing in movies, and flag lapel pins but not preventable, costly, and immoral child deprivation in the wealthiest nation on earth. When a child is born into poverty every 51 seconds in America, we cannot afford to wait for our leaders to take this crisis seriously.
Child Health
2019 proved to be a big year with significant progress made for Ohio's children. Despite critical investments and policy wins, much is still needed to keep pace with the growing demands to keep children healthy, safe, and thriving into adulthood.
