Are we ready for the Eagles Generation? Oh baby, have we suffered. There were a few near misses and many off-by-a-mile seasons, and now the Eagles are world champs. The deep freeze is over. It warms the heart…and in nine months, we’ll likely see that it warmed...
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Testimony on Family Childcare Tax Deduction Legislation – PA House Bill 2035
House Policy Committee Public Hearing on Family Childcare Tax Deduction Legislation, West Goshen Township Building, 1025 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA 19380. Testimony on House Bill 2035 Submitted by Bill Shoffler, PreK for PA Campaign Coordinator, Bucks County, PA,...
The Benefits of Pre-K Keep Going and…–January 19, 2018
The benefits keep going and going and... There’s no argument about the success-building power of high quality pre-k in the early learning years of children. But there are critics of the early education pillar still harping about flawed studies that claim by 3rd...
Testimony to PA State Senate Local Government Committee: Sugar Drink Tax
Public Testimony of Donna Cooper President, Public Citizens for Children and Youth Pennsylvania State Senate Local Government Committee Harrisburg, October 17, 2017 I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Local Government Committee of the Pennsylvania...
FACT SHEET: Philadelphia’s Pre-K Expansion Builds on State and Federal Resources – Aug 2017
Testimony to the PA Senate Local Government Committee – Sweetened Beverage Tax
Public Testimony of Donna Cooper Executive Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth Pennsylvania State Senate Local Government Committee Philadelphia, June 23, 2017 I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Local Government Committee of the...
Advocate for a Child Care System that Works
We Need a Child Care System that Works for PA Raise Your Voice! Let our state legislators know that cutting funding to the state child care system is unacceptable. Legislators are in Harrisburg the week of 5/22 and in their home districts the week of Memorial Day....
Press Release: Amicus Brief in Support of Philadelphia’s Children (2017)
PCCY Files Beverage Tax Amicus Brief in Support of Philadelphia's Children Cites expanded pre-K and improve quality of life for children in support of soda tax Philadelphia, March 10, 2017 – Joining more than 17 organizations across the city on behalf of expanding...
Taste the (unsweetened) irony–February 17, 2017
Taste the (unsweetened) irony Thirty-six Pennsylvania legislators recently signed a letter to the Commonwealth Court to overturn Philadelphia’s tax on sweetened beverages. The motivations of 33 signers are mysterious but not our concern. But State Senator Tony...
A Sweet Victory for Working Families
A Sweet Victory for Working Families With a resounding knock of the gavel, a Common Pleas Court judge ruled the City’s beverage tax to be lawful, dismissing the soda industry’s lawsuit against the city, “in its entirety,” reported the Inquirer. A sweet victory for...