Action for Children seeks to engage the community in events throughout the year and keep its stakeholders informed. Check back often for media coverage, publications, and more.
Recent Media Coverage
- Newark Advocate: Local child care experts offer tips on spotting children who have been victims of abuse (April 15, 2023)
- NBC4: Report says Intel should invest in on-site and off-site childcare options (April 14, 2023)
- BizWomen: What the continuing childcare crisis means for the workforce (April 12, 2023)
- Action for Children: CHIPS and Child Care in America’s Silicon Heartland Report and Executive Summary (April 11, 2023)
- Columbus Business First: Central Ohio’s ongoing childcare crisis poses bevy of workforce challenges, poll shows (April 11, 2023)
- Policy Matters Ohio: Testimony on HB 33 before House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (March 23, 2023)
- 10TV-WBNS: For more federal dollars, semiconductor chip manufacturers will have to provide child care support (March 1, 2023)
- 92.3 WCOL: Interview with Eric Karolak (January 18, 2023)
- Action for Children: Action for Children Launches Two New Programs for Child Care Professionals (January 10, 2023)
- Perspective on Sunny 95: Child Care Challenges (December 25, 2022)
- Columbus Business First: Central Ohio child care industry seeks permanent solution to ongoing crisis (December 22, 2022)
- 10TV-WBNS: Trends spell trouble for child care industry (December 7, 2022)
- WOSU: New report says central Ohio child care providers having ‘reckoning, not recovery’ (December 6, 2022)
- ABC6: Staffing shortages, uncertainty the reality for childcare centers recovering from pandemic (December 1, 2022)
Previous Media Coverage
- Action for Children: Reckoning, Not Recovery Report (November 29, 2022)
- Columbus Dispatch: 6 things you need to know about Franklin County's proposed 2023 budget (November 14, 2022)
- NBC4: Columbus moves to boost childcare industry (November 7, 2022)
- Conquering Columbus: Action for Children interview with CEO Eric Karolak (September 19, 2022)
- Columbus Dispatch: Opinion | We’re not letting Washington off the hook.' Child care crisis lingers on (August 29, 2022)
- ABC6: Cost of child care increasing in Franklin County (August 9, 2022)
- Columbus Dispatch (for Paid Subscribers): Red, White & Boom got some of Franklin County's federal COVID relief money (June 30, 2022)
- Columbus Dispatch (for Paid Subscribers): Franklin County RISE offers child care workers and parents support as industry rebounds (June 22, 2022)
- NBC4: Franklin County, Columbus offering up to $10K in childcare aid (May 31, 2022)
- Columbus CEO: At Center for Healthy Families, Teen Parents Find Support, Resources, Education (April 26, 2022)
- 10TV: Franklin County announces $23 million in federal funding for families, child care providers (March 24, 2022)
- ABC6: American Rescue dollars allocated for historic child care plan in Franklin County (March 24, 2022)
- WOSU Public Media: Multi-million dollar program to fund early learning scholarships in Franklin County (March 24, 2022)
- 90.5 WBCE: Franklin County offering child care scholarships, provider incentives, housing help for educators (March 24, 2022)
- Columbus Dispatch: Franklin County investing $23 million to help families struggling to pay for child care (March 24, 2022)
- Action for Children: Franklin County RISE Child Care Scholarships Support Local Families (March 24, 2022)
- ABC6: Columbus Group Hopes to Empower Fathers and Families (March 18, 2022)
- Policy Matters Ohio: Stabilize families, workers, and the child care industry (March 21, 2022)
- CardRates.Com: Action for Children Uses Donations to Support Parents and Early Childhood Education Providers (March 17, 2022)
- Cleveland News 5: Gov. DeWine announces $650 million for child care providers (March 11, 2022)
- Columbus Perspective: Action for Children's CEO discusses a signing bonus offered for people filling eligible child care positions in Franklin County (February 27, 2022)
- Columbus Business First: Columbus funds signing bonuses for childcare workers in hopes of shoring up labor market (February 26, 2022)
- Action for Children: Action for Children Announces Signing Bonuses for 500 Child Care Professionals (February 23, 2022)
- Columbus Dispatch: Our only option is to stay at home with our kids.' Child care crisis keeps moms from work (February 20, 2022)
- Columbus Parent: Child Care Centers Are in Crisis and the Fallout is Affecting Working Moms and Dads (December 23, 2021)
- Columbus Parent: 2021 Central Ohio Child Care Provider Directory (December 23, 2021)
- News 5 Cleveland: Northeast Ohio daycare providers continue pandemic related struggle (December 8, 2021)
- 10TV: Columbus child care provider hopes new state grant can help with sustainability (December 3, 2021)
- Columbus Business First: Columbus childcare industry faces grim reality as pandemic drags on (December 3, 2021)
- WCBE 90.5 FM: Recovery committee delivers recommendations with a focus on child care (December 2, 2021)
- Columbus CEO: Working parents tired of jumping through hoops for suitable child care, seeking change (November 23, 2021)
- WOSU Public Media: Columbus City Council Approves Child Care Worker Recruitment Measure (November 22, 2021)
- NBC4: Columbus City Council approves $4 million to fill childcare positions (November 22, 2021)
- WOSU Public Media: Central Ohio Child Care Operators Describe Industry In Crisis (November 8, 2021)
- 10TV: ‘A crisis on multiple levels’: New report reveals central Ohio childcare centers are closing at a rapid rate (November 4, 2021)
- Columbus Dispatch: Daycare centers still struggling to find workers almost two years into pandemic (October 25, 2021)
- City of Columbus: Press Conference: New Child Care Initiatives - Dr. Eric Karolak's comments at 27:40 (September 20, 2021)
- FM96: City pledges aid for childcare providers, parents (September 21, 2021)
- City of Columbus: Press Conference: New Child Care Initiatives - Dr. Eric Karolak's comments at 27:40 (September 20, 2021)
- NBC4: Columbus leaders announce $3.5 million for child care initiatives (September 20, 2021)
- 10TV: City of Columbus announces $3.5 million in COVID relief funds to help rebuild child care industry (September 20, 2021)
- Ohio News Time: Ginther Announces Funding for Childcare Initiative (September 20, 2021)
- Columbus Dispatch: Columbus council to consider allocating more than $4 million for pre-K schooling (September 20, 2021)
- Perspective: Sunny 95 FM: Child Care (September 19, 2021)
- 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: 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: Parents and caregivers wrestle with decisions about child care openings (May 15, 2020)
- NBC4: Daycares remain open with temporary pandemic license (March 26, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s coronavirus child-care centers are set to open. How many kids will show up? (March 26, 2020)
- ReadyFM "Community Matters": Part 1: Positive Parenting Program (March 17, 2020)
- 10TV: Ohio day cares prepare for eventual closure; parents should, too (March 16, 2020)
- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio schools prepare for 3-week coronavirus shutdown starting Monday (March 13, 2020)
- Parents.com: Is an In-Home Daycare Right for Your Family? (February 6, 2020)
- 10TV: Schools closing due to illness leaves parents looking for child care (February 7, 2020)
- 10TV: What Should Parents Look for When Choosing Child Care? (September 11, 2019)
- Columbus Dispatch: Is your Child Ready to start Kindergarten? (August 16, 2019)
- Columbus Dispatch: Five Ohio Organizations Awarded $260,000 each from State for Fatherhood (July 26, 2019)
- Columbus Parent: Child Care: Columbus-area Providers Seek to Meet State Standard (January 3, 2019)
- Columbus Parent: Child Care: Find Full-Time Providers in Central Ohio (January 8, 2019)