Child Health
Doula Services Provide for Safe Pregnancy and Deliveries: Voice Your Support of HB 142 Today!
Allowing women with Medicaid coverage to access doula care services is a proven evidence-based way to improve both maternal and infant health.
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Child Welfare
Help Youth in Foster Care Transition Successfully to and through Higher Education
Full-ride scholarships for students with experience in foster care (SEFC) will not only increase the number who aspire to attend and complete college, but it will help them achieve financial stability earlier.
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Baby Formula Shortage: What to Do & What Not to Do
Today, caregivers of infants and babies are facing a crisis. The shortage of baby formula is real and it’s especially distressing for caregivers who depend on WIC and SNAP.
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Child Health
(Try to) Engage in Personal and Community Care
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is of even more importance this year, in the midst of an ongoing pandemic with many struggling to stay afloat in mental health and financial well-being.
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Immigration
Children Need Safety and Support, Not Government Neglect: Texas and Florida Executive Orders Attack Unaccompanied Children
Upon their arrival, unaccompanied children are put in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which operates a network of facilities where children are placed as they wait to be reunited with their families
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Child Health
Grant Opportunity to Grow Community-based Doula Care
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced $4.5 million in new funding to support community-based doulas.
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Immigration
Children Need Safety and Support, Not Government Neglect: Texas and Florida Executive Orders Attack Unaccompanied Children
Thousands of children travel alone to the United States seeking safety. Unaccompanied children are put in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which operates a network of facilities where children are placed as they wait to be reunited with their families.
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Immigration
Children Need Protection, Not Rejection: The Violence of Title 42
On April 1st, the Biden Administration announced it would terminate Title 42, a harmful policy that expels migrants and asylum-seekers in the U.S. back to the conditions they fled.
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Child Welfare
Measuring Transformation: Elevating Youth Voice in the Child Welfare System
Earlier today, Kim Eckhart was joined by foster youth advocates Deanna Jones and Laila-Rose Hudson to share CDF-Ohio’s latest report, Measuring Transformation: Elevating Youth Voice in the Child Welfare System.
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Child Health
House Bill 616 Would Make Ohio One of the Worst Places to Raise a Family
Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio (CDF-Ohio) strongly opposes House Bill 616, introduced by Rep. Mike Loychik (R-Bazetta) and Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) in the Ohio legislature this week. This bill runs counter to what all children need to thrive and what Ohio needs to do to be the best place to raise a family.
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