Making the Next Successful Play for Kids As our state turns green to cheer on the hometown team for the Super Bowl, it’s hard not to reflect on how crazy it is that the Eagles’ players, who may get battered around by Kansas City, will feel a greater sense...
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How to Get Your School-Age Children Behavioral Health Services in Philadelphia
Testimony to the School Board of Philadelphia
Testimony to the School Board of Philadelphia January 27, 2023 Kate Fox, Behavioral Health Policy Director, Children First Hello, my name is Kate Fox, and I am leading the policy and advocacy work on mental health at Children First. I am here to testify in support of...
What’s Rozzi’s Agenda? – Jan 6, 2023
What Does the Fight for Speaker Mean? Pennsylvania’s new Speaker of the House, Mark Rozzi, made his mark doggedly fighting for years to get justice for survivors of childhood sexual abuse by extending the statute of limitations so that pedophiles don't get a...
PA Charter Performance Center Advisory Board
PA Charter Performance Center Advisory Board: Veronica Brooks-Uy, Interim VP of Policy, National Association of Charter School Authorizers Esther Bush, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Sarah Cohodes, Associate Professor of Economics and Education...
A Toilet on the State Capitol Steps?! – Dec 9, 2022
Prevent Our Kids' Futures from Going Down the Drain At least once a week, people ask us the same question: why did you put a toilet on the Capitol steps? After years of using charts and graphs to prove that students in Pennsylvania were harmed by the state’s...
TESTIMONY: Read To Succeed – Nov 17, 2022
Children First Testimony Before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Hearing Read to Succeed: Early Childhood and Its Effects on Childhood Literacy November 17, 2022 Note: Graphics and images may be better viewed by downloading this PDF. Senators, thank...
Your Hard Work Paid Off for Kids! – Nov 11, 2022
The Results Are In - You Voted for Kids! You made it happen. The election results are in, and Pennsylvania children and youth are the winners. Lines were long but, thankfully, you waited your turn and cast your ballot for candidates who understand that, after a...
What Else Can High School Students Bear? – Oct 21, 2022
New PA Graduation Requirements will be a Hurdle for Students As if high school students haven’t had enough to deal with, new graduation requirements go into effect this year. A startlingly low 35% of students would graduate under the changes, according to the...
The Big Thing = BIG CHANGE FOR KIDS – Sep 30, 2022
The Big Thing: A Summit to Change Young Lives Imagine being a kid today. They’re facing challenges that even some grown-ups can’t handle: violence, addiction, cyber bullying, school closures, fall-out from the pandemic, college debt, political division, racial...