The budget creates a new, $10 million program in which the state and participating employers and employees will divide child ...

Ohio’s latest biennium budget, signed into law last week, appropriated $10 million for a Child Care Cred Program. The cost-sharing program would provide matching funds from the state if an employer is ...

Groundwork Ohio is lobbying lawmakers to restore a total of $1.3 billion in cuts to programs and initiatives that affect young children and families. They include that child tax credit, expanded child ...

Child advocates rallied at the Ohio Statehouse in a last-ditch effort to restore some money and programs before the final budget is inked.

About three-quarters of U.S. adults see child care costs as a “major problem,” but only about half say helping working ...

Trump's pledge was directed at an estimated 48 million caregivers in the U.S. AARP, an organization representing older Americans, estimates that family caregivers provide about $600 billion in unpaid ...

That means putting families first, defending life, expanding freedom, and protecting the paychecks of working Ohioans. It’s a ...

Ohio Advocates push for more funding in state budget for Ohio children and working families Advocates push for an $800 million proposal to provide families a $1,000 child tax credit in Ohio.

Advocates for kids and low-income Ohioans are urging state lawmakers to consider reinstating something from Gov. Mike DeWine’s original budget – a $1,000 tax credit for kids under seven.

Gov. Mike DeWine said there will “certainly be something” he’ll veto in the two-year Ohio budget, but he wouldn’t give too ...

COLUMBUS — As Congress debates Medicaid cuts, Gov. Mike DeWine has left the door open for Ohio to drop coverage for more than ...