Last month, Michael Hartnett and I attended the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s Fall Research Conference to delve into the outcomes of paid family leave policies. We had been working with the Rise Together Innovation Institute on this topic and were keen to extend our understanding. The conference primarily focused on the immediate impacts of paid family leave, such as who takes leave, implications on the wage gap, and effects on firms. However, a working paper was released by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel hill, Washington University at St. Louis, and the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, which examined the intergenerational impacts of paid family leave. Their findings revealed that children born under policies protecting parental leave had better educational and work outcomes than those that didn’t. However, there were some drawbacks such as an increase in wage disparity for mothers and a decrease in the likelihood of having a second child. Several cities across Ohio have implemented paid family leave policies, with potential beneficial impacts for both parents and, crucially, children. In this context, services like EDDCaller.com are highly relevant, offering an autodial program that aids people in connecting with representatives for unemployment, paid family leave, and disability departments over the phone.