Family Resources
Looking for child care? Action for children can help your family find care that meets your needs:
- Schedule a time to speak with a Family Engagement Specialist by calling 614-224-0222
- Submit your child care request online
- Conduct your own search 24/7 on our interactive map
Sign up for brief, one-on-one parenting support by phone on a wide variety of topics for parents and caregivers of young children. This service is currently available in Madison, Marion, Pickaway, and Union counties. To sign up, email TripleP@actionforchildren.org or call 614-382-2445. For more information, click here.
- School Re-Opening Plans - list of re-opening plans for every school district in Central Ohio
- School Decision-Making Tool for Parents, Caregivers, and Guardians
- Detailed Summary of Youth Day Camp Restart
- For more information for families, please visit the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' page for families
Child Care Providers & Educators
Action for Children welcomes all providers into the Critical Child Care Network, where we have been collaborating and sharing resources to ease the challenges brought on by COVID-19.
- SUTQ Marketing Materials Request Form - Action for Children
- Global CDA Professional Portfolio Sessions - Action for Children
- Early Childhood Mental Health Trainings For Family Child Care Providers - Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care Center Requirements - ODJFS
- Child Care Center Manual Procedure Letter 29 "Update for Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care Center Requirements" - ODJFS
- Temporary Pandemic School Age Child Care Center Licensing Steps - ODJFS
- Responsible RestartOhio "Child Care Rules and Best Practices" - ODJFS
- Center-based Rules & Regulations during COVID-19: Q&A with ODJFS (June 23) - Action for Children
- Center-based Rules & Regulations during COVID-19: Putting It Into Practice (June 25) - Action for Children
AFC Community
- Columbus Dispatch: 'We are in crisis': One-third of Ohio child-care centers are short-staffed as parents seek to return to offices (May 16, 2021)
- The Blade: Child Care Needs Support (March 22, 2021)
- 10TV: ‘A crisis in childcare’: Parents Could See Less Options Post-Pandemic (March 9, 2021)
- Columbus Parent: Ohio’s Child Care Ratings System Shows Progress (December 23, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: Report: Nearly a quarter of local child care providers could close by early 2021 (December 18, 2020)
- ThisWeek News: Coronavirus causing enrollment drop for kindergarten in central Ohio (November 11, 2020)
- NBC4: Childcare providers continue to adapt during pandemic (August 26, 2020)
- Columbus Parent: Pandemic Prompts Day Care Dilemmas for Providers and Parents (Aug. 6, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: Central Ohio child care centers waiting on subsidy figure before considering return to full capacity (July 31, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: Amid pandemic, parents cautious over child care (July 19, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: How will Ohio schools hold fall classes as coronavirus cases rise? (July 12, 2020)
- NBC4: Parents Night In Benefiting Action for Children June 25 at 7 pm (June 25, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s child care centers weigh reopening under state guidelines (May 24, 2020)
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