Children's Defense Fund Ohio

tnajera2021-06-21T15:13:32-05:00[ June 21st, 2021 ]

Nearly 1 in 5 Ohio Students Were Not Graduating on Time Even Before COVID-19 Upended the Educations of Millions of Ohio Children, New Report Shows

UNDER EMBARGO until Monday, June 21 at 12:01 a.m. ET Kim Eckhart, KIDS COUNT Project Manager 614-312-8469 keckhart@childrensdefense.org Alison Paxson, Policy and Communications Associate 937-206-2576 [...]

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

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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 ]

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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 – [...]

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

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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 [...]

tnajera2018-12-24T14:53:28-05:00[ December 24th, 2018 ]

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Nearly 1 in 3 Ohio Children Live in Families Where No Parent Has Regular, Full-time Employment

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** December 24, 2018 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-226-6383 tnajera@childrensdefense.org Nikki Thomas, Manager, Research and Data 614-221-2244 nthomas@childrensdefense.org Nearly 1 in 3 [...]

tnajera2019-04-04T09:04:07-05:00[ December 21st, 2018 ]

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Ohio Students Are Spending Too Much Time Out of School According to New State and County Profiles

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** December 20, 2018 Tracy Nájera, Executive Director 614-226-6383 tnajera@childrensdefense.org Nikki Thomas, Manager, Research and Data 614-221-2244 nthomas@childrensdefense.org Ohio Students Are Spending [...]

tnajera2018-11-01T13:02:13-05:00[ September 13th, 2018 ]

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More Than Half of a Million Ohio Children Live in Poverty, and Ohio Ranks Worst in Nation for Multiracial Child Poverty Rate

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** September 13, 2018 Nikki Thomas, Manager, Research and Data 614-221-2244 nthomas@childrensdefense.org Tracy Nàjera, Executive Director 614-221-2244 tnajera@childrensdefense.org More Than Half of [...]

amckenzie2018-11-01T13:04:57-05:00[ September 14th, 2017 ]

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Nearly 70,000 Children Have Escaped Poverty in Ohio Since 2014

For Immediate Release Thursday, September 14, 2017 For More Information Contact: Ashon McKenzie amckenzie@childrensdefense.org (614) 221-2244 Nearly 70,000 Children Have Escaped Poverty in Ohio Since [...]

amckenzie2018-11-01T13:05:35-05:00[ June 13th, 2017 ]

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Ohio Makes Gains in Latest National Rankings for Child Well-Being

For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 13, 2017 For More Information Contact: Ashon McKenzie amckenzie@childrensdefense.org (614) 221-2244 Child poverty on the decline, but more investment needed [...]

jhaywood2019-04-04T09:05:09-05:00[ September 15th, 2016 ]

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Ohio’s Child Poverty Rate Falls, but 1 in 5 Children Still Poor

For Immediate Release Thursday, September 15, 2016 For More Information Contact: Dawn Wallace-Pascoe dwallacepascoe@childrensdefense.org (614) 221-2244 Renuka Mayadev RMayadev@childrensdefense.org (614) 221-2244 COLUMBUS - The U.S. Census [...]

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