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NEW REPORT: Ohio’s Appalachian Region Facing Increased Barriers to Child Well-Being; Barriers Increased by COVID-19 For Immediate Release: July 28, 2020 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director [...]

June 29, 2020 Statement from Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio Children belong in families and the child welfare system has a duty to provide that for them. [...]

Statement by Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio June 3, 2020 Tracy Najera, Executive Director Too many young men and women of color have lost their lives as [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2020 Katherine Ungar, Policy Associate kungar@childrensdefense.org Tracy Najera, Executive Director tnajera@childrensdefense.org USDA Extends Flexibilities, Allowing Kids to Continue to Access [...]

***For Immediate Release *** May 8, 2020 Kim Eckhart, KidsCount Project Manager                 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-312-8469                  [...]

April 16, 2020 (Updated on April 21, 2020) Katherine Ungar, Policy Associate (216.346.8465) Children's Defense Fund-Ohio Rachel Cahill, Consultant (402.490.4115) Center for Community Solutions Statewide [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2020 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director , CDF-Ohio (614.221.2244/tnajera@childrensdefense.org) and Steven Wagner, Executive Director, UHCAN Ohio  (614.505.9460/swagner@uhcanohio.org ) We are all [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]