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 Trump...
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Smart Money, in a Way
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...
Driving the Agenda for Kids
The Road to Student Success It’s déjà vu all over again – Philadelphia students will once again have to make do with less. Instead of reckless state cuts (see below), this time it’s because the federal government didn’t renew valuable funding that made a...
Why Wait for Help?!
An Ounce of Intervention is a Lifetime of Cure Wouldn’t it be great if bureaucracy didn't get in the way of the most vulnerable young children getting help with developmental delays? Even when parents are able to identify signs that their children aren't...
Is PHL Mayor Meeting the Moment?
Checking the Boxes for Philly Kids While we always want more, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker continues to invest in Philadelphia children and teens. As a candidate in 2023, she pledged to support the comprehensive Kids’ Campaign agenda, and her new fiscal...
Strength in the Hispanic Community
Hispanic Leaders are Driving Long-Term Change for Hispanic Kids The Hispanic community in Philadelphia (and nationwide) deserves more attention than the alarming headlines about the Trump Administration’s targeted deportation and harassment tactics. Hispanic...
Not all politics is conflict
IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS Not all politics is conflict. For the first time in a REALLY LONG TIME, juvenile justice reform is progressing in Pennsylvania. Bipartisan Movement in Harrisburg State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle put aside partisan differences...
Guarantees in Life
Parents and Students Deserve Guarantees in the SDP Facilities Plan A Statement by Children First In Philadelphia, providing a world class public education to every student is a daunting challenge due to decades of underfunding that starved our schools of...
ICE & Education Funding, What’s the Connection?
WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING From our nation’s capital to small-town PA, taxpayers are footing a hefty bill for the chaos that ICE is creating. Starting tomorrow, the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security will either shut down or work...
Opening Play of the PA State Budget
MAKE THE NUMBERS LINE UP FOR KIDS In many ways, putting together a $53.2 billion state budget is like winning at Rubik’s cube – each twist toward matching patterns must be carefully planned or else you could get trapped in a losing game. Governor Shapiro...