Business and Families Call for Greater Child Care Investments "We have a hard time hiring and keeping workers because of the lack of child care flexibility," said Blythe Pruitt of Advanced Industrial Solutions (AIS), a skilled trade labor contracting company...
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Get Your Ticket for Philly’s Hottest Event – Mar 18, 2022
Councilmember David Oh wants to repeal the Philly soda tax and deny 4,000 children quality pre-k. If you're a Philly parent, let him know that a few cents on a soda means so much more for kids! Sad but true observation by a 10-year-old girl talking about the...
Is the invasion of Ukraine our wake-up call? – Feb 25, 2022
The Fate of Democracy Is In Our Hands The stories and images coming out of Ukraine are horrifying. Our hearts are breaking for the Ukrainian people as they face death and destruction at the hands of Russian invaders in an unfounded military attack that...
Corporate America Joins the Child Care Cause – Feb 18, 2022
Child Care Builds Bridges for Families and Politicians They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and the same can be said for child care. Parents, government, business, social conservatives, and liberal advocates all agree that child care is a priority for...
A Stormy School Choice Week – Jan 28, 2022
We Can Do Better if We Really Want Education Choice It’s been a stormy week, to say the least. Not only are we all bracing for the nor'easter, this week’s news was flooded with a torrent of new research exposing failure, waste, and potential fraud in...
Will They, or Won’t They? – Dec 11, 2021
Enough Drama for a Telenovela As far as sagas go, there hasn’t been this much “Will they, or won’t they?” since the storied, weekly plotline Rachel and Ross of Friends. If you didn’t catch the wildly popular sitcom, just imagine waiting nine years for the...
Wow! Build Back Better! – Nov 19, 2021
Historic and Life Changing More than four million Pennsylvania children in our state alone will live better lives with Build Back Better. This historic legislation that passed the U.S. House this morning will help kids throughout the Commonwealth - children in...
Racial Equity Early Childhood Provider Council – Oct 6, 2021
Children First has listened to many child care providers who want to change early childhood education policies to improve program quality. The time has come for more diverse voices to be part of the conversation. Children First is leading the process to create the...
Sounding the Alarm – Sep 17, 2021
The Numbers Don't Lie Employers are hanging the "Help Wanted" signs, but potential employees need some help themselves first. A huge reason why employers are finding it so hard to hire new workers is the severe shortage of child care. Thousands of parents of...
Labor Pains – Sep 3, 2021
If ever a time to honor Labor Day... Labor Day honors the American workforce and the contributions that workers make to our communities and families. After the past year, many people deserve extra recognition for their extraordinary fortitude as workers...