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Ending a policy of poverty creation–December 7, 2018
Ending a policy of poverty creation Personal Care Aides provide crucial services to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities on a daily basis, including transportation, employment assistance, health needs, and other supports that allow their clients to...
Kids are paying a price for your service–October 5, 2018
Kids are paying a price for your service It’s challenging enough to juggle a rigid work schedule with the demands of your life schedule. But for many Philadelphians in the workforce, particularly in the low-wage service industry, juggling would be a luxury...
Testimony–Keep Kids Protected From Tobacco
Testimony–Keep Kids Protected From Tobacco
Public Citizens for Children and Youth Council Testimony to Keep Kids Safe from Tobacco Marketing and Sales Colleen McCauley, Health Policy Director June 6, 2018 Thank you, Councilwoman Blackwell, and members of the Finance Committee for this opportunity to discuss...
Executive spite? An important battle to fight–April 20, 2018
Executive spite? An important battle to fight–April 20, 2018
Executive spite? An important battle to fight! Her mother now owns and operates a catering business, but when Sarah was much younger, she remembers being afraid of the lights going out because mom was struggling with the bills. Her mother was working...
A hellish year without health insurance–April 13, 2018
A hellish year without health insurance–April 13, 2018
A hellish year without health insurance The stress was at times unbearable for Delaware County mother Sanjae Houston. She works part-time while her husband is self-employed in sales but for a little over a year they couldn’t afford health insurance. Sanjae sighs...