Large majority of voters, including Republicans and Independents, see early learning as an important national priority Download PDF WASHINGTON – The First Five Years Fund today released the results of a national survey of voters which finds that a significant...
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Testimony to House Democratic Policy Committee—Child Care Subsidy
PA Lawmakers Urged To Support Stronger Investments In Early Learning – PR Newswire – April 23, 2013
Early learning advocates today called for greater state investments in high-quality, publicly funded pre-kindergarten and school-day and afterschool child care programs, citing the proven benefits of such investments and the need to reach more children. Hundreds of...
REPORT: Philadelphia’s Early Intervention System: Progress, But Still Not Good Enough For Our Kids – Mar 2013
PCCY's report finds Philadelphia trails other cities across the state in serving children with developmental delays or disabilities.
To The Editor: Head Start Gains Downplayed – Philadelphia Inquirer – February 5, 2013
Head Start gains downplayed With good reason, a national study's authors critical of Head Start urged that their findings be considered alongside existing research ("Head Start fails poor children," Jan. 27). That research includes work by the University of...
Philly’s Head Start Programs Could Be Among Casualties Of Going Over Fiscal Cliff – WHYY Newsworks – October 25, 2012
Bonnie Li says that before her four-year-old daughter, Pearl, started preschool, she was "lost." “She was very scared, very shy," says Li. "When she see a stranger, she would just cry." Li says her daughter's social skills have improved since going to preschool at...
Pennsylvania’s early learning system: Testimony to Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee
Pennsylvania DPW to Increase Child Care Subsidy Co-pays – New Increase Scheduled For Early Next Month
Download PDF (Philadelphia, PA) September 19, 2011 – As low-income, working families in the state continue to suffer the effects of the Great Recession, the state Department of Public Welfare (DPW) is preparing next month to increase the cost of copays for...
POLICY PAPER: Pennsylvania’s Child Care Subsidy: Strengthening Children, Families and The Economy – Sep 2011
PCCY's report on Pennsylvania's Child Care Subsidy Program.
A Good (Head) Start – Philadelphia Inquirer – July 29, 2011
AS A FORMER TEACHER, Dom Giordano should recognize that Head Start plays a powerful role in reducing the achievement gap between poor and middle-income children. As a journalist, he should recognize his role is to help readers sort fact from fiction, instead of...