May 1, 2026
Making Children the Top Priority Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am proud to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of Children First. It’s a great honor to take the helm of this amazing organization that has been my professional home having served as...
Apr 24, 2026
Support Can’t Wait Until Crisis What if we stopped waiting for children to reach a breaking point before helping them? Across PA, families and schools are seeing the signs of children and teens struggling with their mental wellness, but too often, support...
Apr 17, 2026
Giving the People What They Want Want to talk about affordability? Lowering child care costs? Expanding health insurance for kids? How about keeping property taxes low? The PA House of Representatives did more than talk about affordability this week – they passed a...
Apr 17, 2026
Giving the People What They Want Want to talk about affordability? Lowering child care costs? Expanding health insurance for kids? How about keeping property taxes low? The PA House of Representatives did more than talk about affordability this week – they...
Apr 10, 2026
An About-Face on Child Care “The United States can’t take care of day care. That has to be up to a state. It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis.” President...
Apr 3, 2026
Kids are Thinking Ahead but… Breaking News! New research finds that well over 7,000 high school students are being shut out of high school career and technical training programs in PA. These students are wisely signing up to learn real-world technical skills...
