PCCY Report on Early Care and Education in Bucks County PCCY finds that only 18% of licensed child care programs in Bucks County are considered high-quality. For low-income families who receive publicly subsidized care, only 28% attend a high care program. Click here...
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Summary of Early Care and Education Across the Suburbs
All families want their children to be ready to learn when they start school. Children who start behind their peers often fail to catch up. High quality pre-k gets children ready to learn, teaches them valuable social-emotional skills and cuts special education costs...
Fact Sheet: PA Spending $48 Million Less on Early Learning Programs
Increased investments in early care and education will benefit children, families, schools and communities statewide. This fact sheet shows that funding for early learning programs is $48 million less than it was in 2010-2011.
REPORT: How Does Access to Child Care Affect High School Completion? – Aug 2014
PCCY's report finds that teen parents encounter multiple barriers as they try to return to the classroom and earn their high school diploma.
Resources for Chester County
PCCY Bottom Line Report on Early Care and Education in Chester County PCCY’s report finds that in Chester County, only 15% of the 285 licensed child care programs are considered high-quality. Across the county, only about 6% of children under five attend a highly...
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Event explores benefits of early education programs – Delaware County Daily Times – August 19, 2014
Richard Dunlap sat before 22 children Tuesday at Sonshine Christian Academy, reinforcing the Pre-K students’ mastery of the alphabet by using the alliterative character names from a storybook. Dunlap, the superintendent of the Upper Darby School District, spent about...
REPORT: Family Economic and Food Security in Montgomery County – Aug 2014
The share of children receiving SNAP increased by 53% from 2009 to 2013.
REPORT: Family Economic and Food Security in Delaware County – Aug 2014
School breakfast participation in Delaware County public schools dropped by 10% from 2008 to 2012. Less than one in three eligible students receive breakfast at school.
REPORT: Family Economic and Food Security in Chester County – Aug 2014
The number of Chester County children enrolled in SNAP increased by nearly 56% from 2009.