The Mayor's plan will give our youngest children a great foundation, help us reduce inequality and poverty and improve our schools. The sugary beverage tax is the best way to pay for it. Our kids are worth it. We can expand quality pre-k for 6,500 children By the...
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News Release: Top 5 things you need to know about Gov. Wolf’s budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Top 5 things you need to know about Gov. Wolf’s budget PCCY examines the Governor’s budget address for FY 2016/17 . PHILADELPHIA (February 9, 2016) – Here are our top 5 takeaways from today’s budget address in Harrisburg: . 85%: Governor Wolf...
Governor Wolf’s 2016/17 Budget: Home Visiting
Governor Wolf’s 2016/17 Budget: Pre-K
Comment: PA Plans for Child Care and Development Fund
The Department of Health and Human Services's final Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Pennsylvania, fiscal year 2016-2018. Read the plan to find out what initiatives are in place for child care services in the upcoming years. SEPECC's public comment on the...
Local Access – The Philadelphia Sunday Sun – December 6, 2015
The Mayor’s Reception Room at City Hall was packed on Wednesday as Mayor-elect Jim Kenney held a news conference to announce the latest additions to his cabinet. Among them was Nina Ahmad, the current president of the National Organization for Women’s Philadelphia...
Mayor-Elect announces city office appointments – PhillyVoice – December 2, 2015
Mayor-Elect Jim Kenney presented four individuals to his administration Wednesday. And, as he touted, the four individuals who will be the city's Pre-K Director, Chief Service Officer, the Director of the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs, and the Deputy Mayor for Public...
Waiting for sorely needed pre-K expansion – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – November 23, 2015
Amid lots of distress about the impact of the Pennsylvania budget impasse on pre-K, the most critical budget issue for the city is actually pre-K expansion. With its enormous unmet need for affordable, quality preschool, Philadelphia had been expecting a huge...
3 Calls and a Cup of Joe – November 12, 2015
This morning, 3 calls and 3 minutes of your time over your cup of morning coffee, could change the lives of 14,000 kids. You may have heard that our leaders in Harrisburg have reached a budget deal. But the level of funding for Pre-K is not where it needs to be and...
For quality pre-K, look for more than the ABCs – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – October 19, 2015
Take a tour of Children’s Village, a highly regarded child-care center in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood, and some of the elements that make it a high-quality program are immediately evident. In Room 303, a group of 3- and 4-year-olds is absorbed in a variety...