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  State Budget Must Address the Child Care Crisis While SEPTA and K-12 education are dominating the headlines during the state budget impasse, families continue to face child care challenges.   State Rep. Gina Curry reminded us of that in a recent commentary in...

  Federal Policy that Harms Children Should be A Non-Starter Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a ban on children living in the U.S. without legal citizenship status from receiving services in essential federally funded health care...

  MAKING PROGRESS ON CHILD CARE It’s about darn time. Parents and child care providers too often get lip service from lawmakers about solving the child care crisis. A roll call vote this week on a child care bill forced Pennsylvania legislators to show where they...

  LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH HEAD START The Philadelphia Inquirer published the following commentary written by Mai Miksic, Children First's Deputy Director of Policy. Join Mai and other Head Start supporters by joining us in Washington, D.C. next Friday....

  THROWING BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER Of all of the cost-cutting measures floated or implemented by the new administration, early learning for kids living in poverty wasn’t on the Bingo card for most of us. But the Heritage Foundation has long had its sights...

  IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT  After a rocky start this year, it's baffling that Philadelphia City Council would wade into yet another divisive issue: the soda tax. Working parents and caregivers want great early programs they can afford. Thanks to the sugar...

  Kids and family issues are in the debates...how refreshing Pennsylvania is center of the campaign universe. PA voters have the power to tilt the political playing field in one direction or another. So much so that in this week alone, four major debates gave...