PA HOSPITALS LOSE NEARLY $400 MILLION CARING FOR UNINSURED KIDS July 1, 2024 – The financial statements for eight out of ten Pennsylvania’s hospitals show that hospitals are bleeding red in part due to a troubling spike in the share of children without health...
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Guns, Booze..and Education? – Jun 28, 2024
1001 Reasons Why Canned Cocktails are Getting More Attention than the Constitutional Crisis in Public Education! The annual June stroll to a stalemate in Harrisburg was in rare form this week when Senate leaders found a long list of excuses to do anything other...
Letter to the PA Senate on Cyber Charter Schools – June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024 Dear esteemed lawmakers, As you enter the final stage of budget negotiations, we write today about cyber charter sector reforms because so many members of the Senate asked us questions about the reforms included in House Bill 2370 that already have the...
Hot Off the Presses – Jun 21, 2024
READ ALL ABOUT IT! Hot off the presses, Childwatch - the Children First newsletter - brings you up to date on our key research, legislative news, and child advocacy leaders. Read through the full edition or click on the table of contents to jump to the specific...
Heating Up in PA – Jun 14, 2024
THE POLITICAL FORECAST: SUNNY & STORMY Summer weather is shaking up Pennsylvania with heat waves and thunderstorms rolling across the state. It’s time to check the political temperature to see if it’s sunny or stormy for children and teens in the...
Mothers Know Best – May 31, 2024
PARENTS MAKE THE CASE FOR PHILLY PRE-K Parents are leading the advocacy efforts to get 250 additional pre-k slots for Philly kids in the city budget. Christina Coleman is one of those parents, and we couldn't make a better case than her testimony to City...
No Break for Mental Health Support – May 24, 2024
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS DON'T TAKE VACATIONS I’m overwhelmed…I’m worried…I’m afraid…I’m alone. These heartbreaking words are uttered far too often by teenagers and younger children these days and we heard them a lot at a Children First mental health community...
No Break for Mental Health Support – May 24, 2024
Is It Equal? – May 17, 2024
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, a decision that advanced equality and justice in America’s education system. The fight for justice in education continues today here in...
Your Mother’s Day Gift – May 10, 2024
Flowers are Nice, but Mothers Need More Mother’s Day reminds us, in large part, of the dedication and caring of the phenomenal women who wiped our tears, packed our lunches, sent us off to school, cheered our accomplishments and inspired us to be the best of...