Help Children's Defense Fund-Ohio

Children's Defense Fund-Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Cause Description:
The Children's Defense Fund-Ohio exists to provide an energetic and effective voice for our children. Our goal is to educate Ohioans about the needs of children and to encourage investing in children before they get sick, drop out of school, or get into trouble. Improving the quality of children’s lives should remain our key focus and our shared mission. Living in poverty means many working families have to scrimp on the basics. Children who grow up poor are less likely to have quality schools, childcare, and health care—all of which can help break the cycle of poverty. When children go to school hungry, they have difficulty concentrating on the day’s lessons. When families miss rent or utility payments and must relocate, children often must change schools and adjust to new teachers and classmates in the middle of the school year. With childcare costs rivaling the annual cost of tuition at state universities, many families cannot afford care. When Ohio’s uninsured adults are asked why their families do not have health insurance, they commonly respond that it is too expensive. Uninsured parents and children are more likely to delay or avoid health care.

Type: Business/Professional
Listed on iGive since: October 2002
iGive members supporting: 9

Website: www.cdfohio.org

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