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November 2019 Newsletter
REMINDER TO REGISTER
Building Healthy & Nourishing Homes
Wednesday, November 6th | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Location: The Ohio Statehouse, Grant Hearing Room
Confirmed Panelists:
Gabriella Celeste, Policy Director at the Schubert Center for Child Studies
Gina Wilt, Advocacy Director at Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
Breakfast and coffee will be provided.
Click Here to RSVP by November 1.
In Case You Missed it: OHFA Stories of Home Podcast for 2019 National Housing Week of Action
In this episode of Doorsteps, Dr. Cody Price speaks with Bill Faith, Executive Director, and Marcus Roth, Director of Communications & Development, of Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO), a coalition of organizations and individuals committed to ending homelessness and promoting decent, safe, fair, affordable housing for all, to bring attention to affordable housing issues in Ohio.
2019 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
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Resources from October's Policy Forum: Quality in Early Childhood Learning Environments
On October 11, 2019, the Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus and the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy hosted a Early Childhood Policy Forum. Panelists from several organizations shared their expertise and recent data, research, and reports with over 30 participants attending the event.
· A “million word gap” for children who aren’t read to at home https://news.osu.edu/a-million-word-gap-for-children-who-arent-read-to-at-home/
· INBRIEF: The Science of Early Childhood Development; Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University https://46y5eh11fhgw3ve3ytpwxt9r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/InBrief-The-Science-of-Early-Childhood-Development2.pdf
· 8 Things to Remember about Child Development; Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University https://46y5eh11fhgw3ve3ytpwxt9r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8-Things-to-Remember-About-Child-Development.pdf
· Increasing Quality for Ohio’s Publicly Funded Child Care; Gorundwork Ohio https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/a395ee_0d4c07eb3fa44c57a29d6fed9b6cb5d9.pdf
· Annie E. Casey Foundations 2019 KIDS COUNT Profile https://www.aecf.org/m/databook/2019KC_profile_OH.pdf
· Future Ready Columbus (just a link to their website for reference as I could not obtain the slideshow they went through (Uma did not send me the resources) http://www.futurereadycolumbus.org/
· South Side Learning Center (just a link to their website for reference as I could not obtain the papers they went through (Uma did not send me the resources)) https://www.southsidelearning.org
· Crane Center presentation: The Promise of Early Childhood Education https://mediasite.osu.edu/Mediasite/Play/5e281d01749743f29a70c55f9d335e8b1d
· Quality birth-to-five early childhood education delivers the greatest return on investment https://heckmanequation.org/www/assets/2017/04/F_Heckman_CBA_InfographicHandout_040417.pdf
What are We Reading?
Ohio Housing Finance Agency's FY 2020 Ohio Housing Needs Assessment As part of OHFA’s Annual Plan, the Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) uses a wide range of state data to identify the scale and scope of the state’s housing challenges. The Assessment evaluates Ohio’s current housing landscape to gauge housing needs, identify gaps, and highlight key trends.
Ohio Gov. DeWine announces federal grants to help combat lead poisoning
Columbus will receive $5.6 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for lead paint abatement in homes. The grant is among nearly $45 million from the federal agency that will go to five cities and four counties in Ohio. Children who are exposed to dust from deteriorating lead-paint in homes built prior to 1978 can experience developmental and other health problems.
Online Tool from Altarum Calculates Value of Lead Prevention in Ohio Use this interactive tool to estimate lead exposure economic burden and calculate the impacts of intervention for the 2019 birth cohort of Ohio children.
Lead Poisoning's Impact on Young Children Released in 2019 by Children's Defense Fund-Ohio and Groundwork Ohio, this fact sheet demonstrates that children living at or below the poverty line and who live in older housing are at greatest risk of lead poisoning in Ohio. Further, it highlights promising local efforts to curb the impacts of lead poisoning and how Ohio can address it moving forward.
Ohio Children’s Budget Coalition. On August 5, 2019, the Coalition published its policy scorecard reporting how children fared in the state budget. Check out the scorecard to learn more about progress made and where additional work is needed.
BUDGET BITE from Policy Matters Ohio: Food and Housing Security In Ohio, over 1.69 million people struggle with hunger and food insecurity, including over 500,000 children. The state has also seen a troubling increase in the number homeless babies and children in the last five years. In order to build an Ohio where everyone can live with security and dignity, all Ohioans need access to nutritious food and stable, affordable housing.
