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October 29, 2026
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Dr. Amy Acton Visits a Childcare Center in Cincinnati on “My Promise for Ohio” Tour
CINCINNATI, OH– Yesterday, Dr. Amy Acton joined Ohioans in Cincinnati on her “My Promise for Ohio” tour, where she visited a family owned childcare center and shared her plans to lower costs for working families, expand access to quality and affordable childcare, promote economic growth, and make Ohio more affordable for everyone.
“The state has cut our full-time, part-time pay, and so we’re keeping these kids more hours. So then we have to pay our staff more money, but essentially we’re getting paid less. So centers are not taking school-age kids because they won’t get the funding to house them. So now parents are in a pickle about, ‘where will my kids be?’” said Amy McMillan, Co-Owner of Simpy’s Playhouse and Learning Center.
“We’re going to be fighting to make sure this kind of quality childcare is available to everyone in preschool. There is a real lack of affordable, safe, and high quality childcare. It is about keeping staff, so this is stuff we’ll be fighting for together,” said Dr. Amy Acton. “It’s a workforce issue, it’s not a partisan issue. Governor DeWine wanted to work on it, but our broken and corrupt Statehouse wouldn’t work on it. Childcare, on average for two kids, costs $25,000 a year to start, and just goes up from there. So if your electric bill is going up, housing, all of these things, groceries, gas. How does anyone do it? These moms need a break.”
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