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Healthline Stays Open – Jul 20, 2022

  Our Healthline is Staying Connected! The Children First Healthline is staying connected, thanks to generous support from many, many caring donors! This is outstanding news for the nearly 350,000 children who could be at risk of losing their health care coverage...

It’s Gonna Take A Miracle To Stop This – Apr 29, 2022

  It’s No Joke A priest, a hedge fund millionaire, and a right- wing think tank director walk into a bar. The priest says to the hedge fund guy, “I know you’ve faltered in your now ten-year effort to destroy public education. I have a way for you to...

Didn’t You Get the Memo? – Apr 22, 2022

    Words Won’t Fail You  Pennsylvania has $10 BILLION in the bank so far this fiscal year but public school foes are claiming it would be irresponsible to use it to fully fund our schools next year. It’s a striking claim to make after four...

Announcing the 2022 Champion for Children – Apr 6, 2022

The Celebration of the 2022 Children First “Champion for Children“ honoring Dalila Wilson-Scott, Executive VP and Chief Diversity Officer at Comcast Corporation and President, Comcast NBC Universal Foundation On the evening of Tuesday, May 10, 2022, we will shine a...

School Nurse and Counselor Resource Manual – Mar 10, 2022

More than 37,000 children and teens in the Greater Philadelphia area are uninsured. Yet the majority of them are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. Here’s the good news! Almost every child and teen qualifies for free or low-cost health insurance! School...

Naughty or Nice – Dec 23, 2021

  Santa is making his list and checking it twice.  Children First has some suggestions for Santa about who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. But, as always, there’s room for a Christmas miracle so folks on the naughty list have a few more days to change their...