Calendar

Jul
14
Tue
Healthy Moms and Babies: Housing and Health Integration
Jul 14 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Join us for a virtual discussion around the impact of housing and healthcare and the promising approach to improving maternal/infant health
About this Event
Research Findings and Recommendations for Policy Makers

Safe, stable, and quality housing is essential for families—particularly mothers and children–to thrive and achieve optimal health. However, a lack of affordable housing nationwide has made families vulnerable to high housing cost burden and housing instability, as households are forced to make tradeoffs between housing and other basic needs, such as food, healthcare, and utilities. This puts families under high stress and places them at risk for homelessness and additional material hardships. This can have significant impacts on child and maternal health.

Given the significant impact of housing on perinatal health, integrating and aligning housing and healthcare may be a promising approach to improve maternal health and infant vitality.

Healthy Beginnings at Home (HBAH) is an innovative initiative designed to improve perinatal outcomes among women experiencing housing instability. HBAH brings together housing and health-care organizations in partnership to demonstrate the positive benefits of safe, stable and affordable housing on maternal and infant health outcomes.

This event will highlight observations from HBAH, new research, and explore emerging policy recommendations to integrate and align housing and healthcare.

Please join us as researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Children’s HealthWatch facilitate a discussion on policy recommendations, including our featured speaker, Dr. Megan Sandel.

Jul
17
Fri
Child Care Roundtable Discussion
Jul 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

You’re invited to join us for a child care round table discussion featuring Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley this Friday, July 17th from 11 AM to 12 PM. During the webinar, participants will discuss the critical role child care plays in supporting families, businesses, and the local economy. Round table participants will include:

• Mayor Daniel Horrigan, City of Akron
• Mayor Nan Whaley, City of Dayton
• Laura DiCola, Summit Education Initiative
• Palmer Jason, Good Shepherd Academy Child Care
• Ronette Moss, Akron Area YMCA
• Charmaine Webster, Dayton/Montgomery County Preschool Promise

The discussion will be facilitated by Shannon Jones, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio. We invite you to join us in watching the live discussion and submitting your questions and feedback through the chat box function.

Jul
23
Thu
Child Care Round Table Discussion with Congressman Troy Balderson
Jul 23 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

You’re invited to join us for a child care round table discussion with Congressman Troy Balderson this THURSDAY, July 23rd from 9-9:45 AM. During the webinar, participants will share their experiences and concerns with Congressman Balderson, along with the critical need to support child care during the COVID-19 recovery. Round table participants will include:

• Leigh Anne Easterling, Mary Evans Child Development Center
• Eric Karolak, Action for Children
• Kimberly Tice, Ohio AEYC

The discussion will be facilitated by Shannon Jones, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio. We invite you to join us in watching the live discussion and submitting your questions and feedback through the chat box function.

Dec
11
Fri
EAHS Coalition Meeting @ Virtual Meeting
Dec 11 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

The Strategic Planning Train is Moving

Registration information here.

This meeting will be centered around the decisions we have made based on your feedback and our progress to date on our new strategic plan.

Agenda:

  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Review of May 2020 Meeting
  • Review of Strategic Planning Activities to Date
  • Strategic Planning Next Steps

We need your experience, knowledge, generosity, and passion! When we work together, we can make sure that young children in Cuyahoga County are growing healthy bodies and minds, right from the start!

 

Mar
1
Mon
Addressing Racism and Social Determinants of Health to Promote Infant and Maternal Wellbeing
Mar 1 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus Webinar

Addressing Racism and Social Determinants of Health to Promote Infant and Maternal Wellbeing

Register here

Not all Ohio moms and babies have equitable access to opportunities for long-term health and wellness. In fact, only five states have a higher Black infant mortality rate than Ohio, and despite a 10% decline in Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate since 2009, Ohio’s Black-white infant mortality disparity increased by 26% during the same time period. Institutional racism and inequitable access to critical resources and health services before, during, and after pregnancy persist and are contributing to poor maternal and infant health outcomes, especially for Black and Brown women and their children. Maternal mortality is rising in Ohio also, and research shows that many of these deaths are preventable, taking place often after pregnancy when Medicaid postpartum coverage ends. Ensuring that all women have access to adequate health care is essential for laying a healthy foundation for their children. Join the Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus to discuss pervasive inequities in infant and maternal health and how Ohio can utilize Medicaid as a critical tool to increase the safety and vitality of all moms and babies in our state.
Mar
4
Thu
Nutrition and Physical Activity Strategic Planning Meeting
Mar 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Join us as we begin planning our strategies that support nutrition and physical activity opportunities for young children and their families in Cuyahoga County.   This virtual strategic planning meeting will challenge us to consider ways to think about our work to have the biggest impact on our community.

We are excited to begin our discussion this week on our coalition’s work focused on the nutrition and physical activity needs of young children.  As a part of our discussion, we are requesting you come to the discussion considering the following:

  • What is within the coalition’s control to address these needs? Please consider our pillars of work:  training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, community collaborations, and advocacy and communications.
  • How are we currently doing? We will:
    • Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
    • If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
    • Prioritized list for new or improved data
    • Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
  • What will it take to do better? We will discuss:
    • No cost/low cost solutions
    • Off the wall ideas
    • What does the research say about what works?
    • Information and research agenda

Meeting Information: 

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join on your computer or mobile app:  Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

Phone Number: 1 469-208-1353

Passcode:  863194810#

Phone Conference ID: 863 194 810#

 

Mar
11
Thu
Social Emotional Health Strategic Planning Meeting
Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

We are excited to begin our discussion this week on our coalition’s work focused on social emotional needs of young children.  As a part of our discussion, we are requesting you come to the discussion considering the following.  If you are unable to attend the meeting, please feel free to send your thoughts to me via email.

  1. What is within the coalition’s control to address these needs? Please consider our pillars of work:  training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, community collaborations, and advocacy and communications.
  2. How are we currently doing? We will:
    • Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
    • If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
      • Prioritized list for new or improved data
      • Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
  3. What will it take to do better? We will discuss:
    • No cost/low cost solutions
    • Off the wall ideas
    • What does the research say about what works?
    • Information and research agenda

Meeting Information: 

Join on your computer or mobile app:  Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

Phone Number:  1-469-208-1353

Phone Conference ID: 880 323 798#

 

Mar
29
Mon
Nutrition and Physical Activity Strategic Planning Meeting
Mar 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

On March 29th, we will focus our conversation more specifically on the Performance Measure discussion.  We will add your ideas to the attached list in addition to refining the information that is currently represented.  A recap of the first meeting can be found here.

As a reminder, the Performance Measures will measure our success as a coalition on the things that we have control over.   Our discussion will include:

  • Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
  • If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
    • Prioritized list for new or improved data
    • Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?

 

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Microsoft Teams meeting

Join on your computer or mobile app

Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

Phone Number:  1 469-208-1353

Passcode:  803650490#

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Apr
7
Wed
Social Emotional Health Strategic Planning Meeting
Apr 7 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

On April 7th, we will focus our conversation more specifically on the Performance Measure discussion.  We will add your ideas to the attached list in addition to refining the information that is currently represented.   A recap of the first meeting can be found here.

As a reminder, the Performance Measures will measure our success as a coalition on the things that we have control over.   Our discussion will include:

  • Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
  • If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
    • Prioritized list for new or improved data
    • Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join on your computer or mobile app

Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

Phone Number:  1 469-208-1353

Passcode:  180850611#

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Apr
19
Mon
Webinar: The Workforce Behind the Workforce: Strengthen Child Care to Strengthen the Economy
Apr 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus Webinar: The Workforce Behind the Workforce: Strengthen Child Care to Build Ohio’s Economy

Every Ohioan benefits from a stable and thriving child care system – especially our children. It is the “workforce behind the workforce”, the critical infrastructure that drives our state’s economy and allows parents and caregivers in to go to work while their children access high quality learning experiences in safe, caring environments. However, Ohio’s child care sector is in crisis. High quality, affordable child care options are often inaccessible, child care professionals (disproportionately women and women of color) earn on average $10 per hour, and the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly compromised our child care capacity, making it difficult for providers to keep their doors open. In this session, the Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus will discuss how we can improve child care access for working families to strengthen Ohio’s child care system and our state economy today and into the future.