PCCY found that nearly 30,000 more children in the Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties depend on SNAP (Food Stamps) than in 2008. Also, less than a third of eligible students participate in school breakfast programs. Click on the links below for a brief...
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Lead Poisoning Status of Suburban Children
Reports on the Oral Health of Suburban Children
Reports on Child Health in the Suburbs
Resources for Chester County
Left Out: Regional Reports on Child Well Being (2016) It has been more than four years since the rebound from the Great Recession, the official unemployment rate in Chester County now hovers at about 4%, and the county has experienced a full recovery in the number of...
Summary: Reports on Suburban Children’s Health 2013-2014
The Bottom Line Is Children: Early Care and Education in Chester County
Download Press Release Download Report Too Few Children Have Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education Programs PHILADELPHIA (February, 12th, 2013) – PCCY’s latest report “The Bottom Line is Children: Early Care and Education in Chester...
The Bottom Line Is Children: Children’s Health Status in Chester County
Chester County is Nice… Depending on Who You Ask
Chester County is a nice place to live. Throughout the recession, the median family income never dropped below $100,000. In 2010, the Inquirer reported that Chester County was among the 25 richest counties in the nation. That’s out of more than 3,000...
Economic and Food Security In Chester County
Download Press Release Download Report Chester County Sees Sharpest Rise in Child Poverty in Southeastern PA PHILADELPHIA (December 2nd, 2013) – PCCY’s latest report, “The Bottom Line is Children: Economic and Food Security in Chester County”...