Candidate Questionnaire
Ohio Kids First is committed to elevating issues impacting young children and working families across Ohio. This questionnaire is intended to help voters, families, and stakeholders better understand candidates’ positions on issues impacting babies, young children, and the workforce that supports them.
[1] On behalf of Groundwork Ohio and the Ohio Head Start Association, Inc., and in partnership with the First Five Years Fund, UpONE Insights completed a statewide survey of 600 registered voters in Ohio. The survey was conducted September 8-13, 2025 and has a credibility interval of 4%.
[2] Child Care Aware of America, Child Care in America: 2025 Price and Supply.
[3] Center for American Progress, America’s Licensed Child Care Deserts, 2026.
[4] U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Untapped Potential in Ohio; How Childcare Impacts Ohio’s Workforce Productivity and the State’s Economy, 2025
[5] KFF State Health Facts, Health Insurance Coverage of Children 0-18 and Births Financed by Medicaid, 2023 data.
[6] Perrin, James, et al, American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Child Health Financing, “The Unique Value Proposition of Pediatric Health Care.” Pediatrics. February 2023.
[7] Ohio Department of Medicaid, Medicaid Demographic and Expenditure Dashboard, July 2024 enrollment and Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimate, Census Table B09001, Population Under the Age of 18, 2023.
[8] KFF State Health Facts, Monthly Child Enrollment in Medicaid and CHPI, September 2024, Medicaid Spending by Enrollment Group, 2021.