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Law and Policy
Survivor Testimony and Bipartisan Backing Intensify Ohio Effort to End “Child Marriage”
A bipartisan proposal to eliminate “child marriage” in Ohio is gaining renewed attention after a survivor shared her experience publicly…
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Child Care
Keeping Children Close to Home Through New Child Wellness Campuses
Ohio is taking a significant and compassionate step toward improving outcomes for children with complex needs by investing in a…
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Tieri and the Parable of the Waffle Box
This is my #50PlusDad Reflection for this week, a message to parents, and a lesson I learned from watching my…
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Movie of the week
Prey: Inside Today’s Grooming Gangs
Introduction Prey: Inside Today’s Grooming Gangs is a hard-hitting Sky News documentary that refuses to let the UK look away. The…
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Health Matters
“Every Child Deserves to See”: Gov. Mike DeWine Launches Free Statewide Vision Program for Thousands of Ohio Students
When a child cannot see clearly, the consequences stretch far beyond blurry words on a board. They can affect confidence,…
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Child Care
Safer Internet Day and the Responsibility to Protect Children Online
Safer Internet Day is observed globally each year as a reminder that children’s safety must be actively protected in digital…
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Special Needs Education
$14.7 Million Head Start: Ohio Secures Major Federal Grant for Young Children
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has been awarded a one-year $14.7 million federal Preschool Development Grant – Birth through Five to…
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The Car Seat Sermon: Tieri’s Prayer, Acknowledging the Source, Honouring the Channel
Tieri came home from daycare with a new obsession: an island his teacher had described so vividly it sounded like…
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Special Needs
Ohio Rethinks Child Protection: Early Support for Families Could Prevent System Trauma
Across Ohio, child welfare leaders are testing bold new approaches aimed at keeping children safe without pulling families into the…
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SAFE For Children Community Board
When Protection Risks Overreach: Ohio’s Debate on Temporary State Care
Ohio legislators are grappling with a deceptively simple but deeply consequential question: what should happen when a child cannot safely…
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