Some Ohio child care providers closed for the day or shut down early on Monday as families across the country took part in National Day Without Child Care.
Child care providers, advocates and parents voiced their desires for more child care funding in the state budget and better wages for providers on Monday morning in the Ladies Gallery of the Ohio Statehouse, as more than 300 child care providers across the country closed for the day.
“All of us are standing in solidarity to draw attention to the national crisis that our childcare system is in,” said Tami Lunan, the Care Economy Organizing Project (CEO) director.
The Ohio House recently eliminated $150 million in American Rescue Plan funds that were a part of the governor’s executive budget proposal to establish a child care scholarship for “critical occupations and other direct service professionals,” according to the budget analysis by the Legislative Service Commission.
The scholarships would have been given to those with household incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level — $60,000 for a family of four.
“We’re urging lawmakers in the Senate to restore funding for that program,” said Will Petrik, Policy Matters Ohio project director. “Every child in Ohio deserves the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. All parents deserve to go to work, knowing that their kids have a safe, nurturing place to be.”
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