Advocates argue for stronger investments in child care at state legislature
ASHLAND — A small group of women gathered in Freer Field’s community room on April 16, engaging in a conversation about a topic of great importance to them: child care.Ohio Kids First hosted the meeting. The group exists to advocate for children aged 0-5. At Freer Field, the women present discussed a slew of child-care issues: a lack of access, cost barriers and the challenge of finding qualified caregivers.“If you’re following politics at all, last week, (the budget) just finished, its House version came out and basically gutted everything,” said...