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Testimony: Early Care Quality and Access

Shawn Towey Comment on CCDBG State Plan 2019-2021 Early Childhood Policy Coordinator Public Citizens for Children and Youth My name is Shawn Towey. I am Early Childhood Policy Coordinator at Public Citizens for Children and Youth. PCCY has advocated for young children...

Soda Tax Brief: Our Kids Are Still Worth It! (2018)

The soda tax case has finally made its way to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last Friday, PCCY, Ceiba, Inc., the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) and the Public Health Management Corporation (“PHMC”) filed an amicus brief...

PCCY Testimony – Schools Approach Early Literacy Instruction

Testimony before the City Council of Philadelphia Committee on Education March 12, 2018 Presented by Donna Cooper, Executive Director Public Citizens for Children and Youth Thank you to the members of the Education Committee assembled today for this important hearing...