A new bill introduced in the Ohio House would create a business tax credit for child care benefits similar to a federal credit the bill’s sponsor says is underutilized. State Rep. Andrea White, ...

MomsRising offers Valentine's Day greetings to Congress and ask lawmakers to fund child care and nutrition for women, infants, children and expand the Child Tax Credit outside the Russell Senate ...

The divided Legislature must work together and find compromises. Fortunately, expanding the Child Tax Credit is an area that has widespread support, so embracing an increase would not be a compromise, ...

Local and state organizations such as the United Way of Central Ohio, Integrated Services for Behavioral Health, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Ohio, the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian ...

It also aims to offer a $1,000 tax credit for child care facilities for each employee whose child is six years of age or younger and is enrolled in the facility. Strickland’s bill has now been tacked ...

In his two-year state budget, Gov. Mike DeWine has proposed giving families with children under age 7 up to a $1,000 refundable tax credit. DeWine is also asking lawmakers to raise the eligibility for ...

The letter cited recent research by child advocacy group (and letter supporter) Groundwork Ohio, who found in a poll of parents that 94% saw remedies to inflation and the cost of living as important ...

Three new programs are promising to make child care more accessible, helping not only parents and families but also providers and business owners. Mississippi recently received $30 million from the ...

And last month, Georgia’s GOP-controlled state Senate unanimously approved a nonrefundable tax credit of $250 for each child under age 7. The bill, estimated to cost the state about $180 million ...