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REPORT: Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Delaware County – Mar 2019
REPORT: Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Delaware County – Mar 2019
The American Dream is eroding in Delaware County. Incomes that used to provide a comfortable middle class life are no longer enough to even cover the basics. Even families who are near the median income – an income that should solidify their middle class status – are...
REPORT: Uncharted Territory: Implications of Rising Charter Enrollment in the SE PA Suburbs – Mar 2018
While charter schools in Philadelphia typically take the spotlight, the southeast Pennsylvania suburbs also have a large charter sector. Twenty years into the charter school experiment, this report examines whether charter schools in the suburbs are an efficient and...
Left Out: Delaware County Indicators
Children Stuck in Recession in Delaware County Despite Recovery READ – Left Out: The Status of Children in Delaware County Graphics for social media – please share
Children Still in Recession in Delaware County Despite Recovery
Children Still in Recession in Delaware County Despite Recovery Rising child poverty and lower student achievement casts shadow over modest gains Philadelphia (Oct 13, 2016) – While recent headlines tout a national recovery from the Great Recession, more children in...
Children Stuck in Recession in Suburban Counties Despite Recovery
Children Stuck in Recession in Suburban Counties Despite Recovery Child poverty, lower test scores casts long shadow in Delco, Bucks, Montco and Chester DOWNLOAD "Left Out--The Status of Children in Delaware County" Philadelphia (Oct 3, 2016) – While recent headlines...
Economic and Food Security in the Suburbs – Poverty
PCCY found more than 53,000 children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties live in poverty. Click on the links below for a brief summary across all four counties and the full reports. Bucks County – Nearly 9,000 children in Bucks County live in poverty,...
REPORT: Family Economic and Food Security in Delaware County – Aug 2014
Economic and Food Security in the Suburbs – Hunger
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...