A tool for understanding the strengths and challenges facing the systems serving children and families
Groundwork Ohio has been working diligently for the last two years to release the 2025 Early Childhood Dashboard, its second edition building upon the foundational work established in its inaugural Dashboard published in 2023. The updated resource reflects Groundwork Ohio’s ongoing commitment to sharing a more complete story of the experiences of Ohio’s youngest children and their families, enabling them to track progress, identify ongoing challenges, and learn from improvements over the past two years.
Key takeaways in the report:
- Too many Ohio kids are falling behind before they even set foot in a kindergarten classroom—and the gap only widens from there.
- Ohio’s moms and babies are facing a crisis with alarmingly high mortality rates.
- Ohio’s youngest children experience profound trauma during their most critical years of brain development.
- Ohio families with young children struggle to cover the basics.
- There are family voices behind the data that are the experts of their own experiences and the solutions to their greatest challenges.
