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tnajera2020-03-16T11:15:58-05:00[ March 16th, 2020 ]

Child Welfare

Katherine Ungar Joins Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Policy Team

March 16, 2020 Dr. Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-221-2244 tnajera@childrensdefense.org Katherine Ungar Joins Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Policy Team COLUMBUS – Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio (CDF-Ohio) is [...]

tnajera2020-02-07T10:15:47-05:00[ February 7th, 2020 ]

Child Welfare

Announced Census 2020 mini-grants will help reach hard to count communities in Northeastern Ohio, Franklin County, and Hamilton County

Announced Census 2020 mini-grants will help reach hard to count communities in Northeastern Ohio, Franklin County, and Hamilton County Columbus, OH | February 7, 2020 [...]

tnajera2020-01-28T17:28:01-05:00[ January 28th, 2020 ]

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Ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to Lift Injunction on the Public Charge Rule Represents Loss for Children and Families

COLUMBUS – The Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio is deeply disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, yesterday, to lift the injunction on new restrictions the Trump [...]

tnajera2020-01-07T08:11:26-05:00[ January 7th, 2020 ]

Child Welfare

Kim Eckhart Joins Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio to Lead Ohio KIDS Count Project

COLUMBUS – Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio (CDF-Ohio) is proud to announce that Kim Eckhart will be joining its team to lead Ohio KIDS COUNT Project. KIDS [...]

amckenzie2019-09-30T12:44:08-05:00[ September 30th, 2019 ]

Child Welfare Ending Child Poverty Health

Little Progress Made on Ohio Child Poverty

***For Immediate Release *** September 27, 2019 Ashon McKenzie, Policy Director 614-221-2244 amckenzie@childrensdefense.org Dr. Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-221-2244 tnajera@childrensdefense.org COLUMBUS – Data [...]

jhaywood2019-08-05T07:40:27-05:00[ August 1st, 2019 ]

Child Welfare Early Childhood Ending Child Poverty Health Kids Count

Ohio Sees Deep Declines in Child Benefit Enrollment: Economic Improvement May Only Tell Part of the Story

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** August 1, 2019 Dr. Nicole Thomas, Manager, Research and Data 614-221-2244 nthomas@childrensdefense.org Dr. Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-221-2244 tnajera@childrensdefense.org COLUMBUS – [...]

jhaywood2019-07-22T08:55:40-05:00[ July 22nd, 2019 ]

Child Welfare

Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Welcomes Craig S. Diaz to its Ohio Advisory Board

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** July 22, 2019 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-221-2244 tnajera@childrensdefense.org Pam Kreber, Associate Director 614-221-2244 pkreber@childrensdefense.org COLUMBUS – The Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio [...]

jhaywood2019-07-10T13:26:06-05:00[ June 17th, 2019 ]

Child Welfare

More Ohio Parents Have High School Diplomas, Opening Up Economic Opportunity, but Racial Disparities Persist for their Children

30th KIDS COUNT® Data Book provides the most comprehensive annual report on child well-being in the United States COLUMBUS — The share of Latinx children [...]

jhaywood2019-06-17T10:22:15-05:00[ June 6th, 2019 ]

Child Welfare

Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Selects its 2019 Beat the Odds Scholars

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** June 6, 2019 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-221-2244 tnajera@childrensdefense.org Pam Kreber, Associate Director 614-221-2244 pkreber@childrensdefense.org Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Selects its 2019 [...]

jhaywood2019-04-30T11:24:24-05:00[ April 30th, 2019 ]

Child Welfare Early Childhood Ending Child Poverty Health

New Report: U.S. Can Lift 5.5. Million Children Out of Poverty Right Now

April 30, 2019 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director tnajera@childrensdefense.org 614-221-2244 Nikki Thomas, Manager, Research and Data nthomas@childrensdefense.org 614-221-2244 New Report: U.S. Can Lift 5.5. Million Children [...]

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