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2026 To-Do List for PA Lawmakers

It’s the start of a new legislative year so Children First has a to-do list for lawmakers that will improve the lives of children and teens. DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE.        

Your Taxes Should Pay Off for Kids – Apr 11, 2025

  EVERY CHILD LEFT BEHIND Did you file your tax return yet for 2024?  Eight out of ten of us will have done so by the time you read this email. But what are you getting for taxes Washington is collecting?   When the tax year started on January 2024, parents of...

More than a Tune Up – Feb 28, 2025

  STALLED PROGRESS FOR KIDS IN SOUTHEASTERN PA  When your car stalls over and over again, you take it to the mechanic, find out what’s wrong, get it fixed, and pay the bill so you’re back on the road. Like an expert mechanic, Children First ran the diagnostics...

Kids, We All Love ‘Em – Feb 14, 2025

  SHOW THAT YOU LOVE CHILDREN  Today’s the day when children share handmade Valentine’s Day cards and treats with the grown-ups they love. But is our great Commonwealth returning their affection by providing them with important things that they love, like… Their...

REPORTS: A Decade of Stalled Progress

Children First released five reports on the children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, “A Decade of Stalled Progress.” The full reports provide a deep analysis of a range of topics that affect children and teens; the Report...