Ten-Point Checklist for Lawmakers New Year’s Day was a few weeks ago but it’s never too late for Pennsylvania’s elected leaders to resolve to deliver what children and teens need. From newly inaugurated Governor Shapiro to mayors and town councils to local...
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A Fresh Approach to a Lingering Problem – Jan 20, 2023
Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning is Possible There is an entirely preventable health disaster plaguing Pennsylvania that robs thousands of children of their potential and drains communities’ resources with avoidable costs – lead poisoning. This may surprise you...
A Fresh Approach to a Lingering Problem – Jan 20, 2023
Join the Kids’ Campaign – Jan 13, 2023
Make Every Day Safer Than the Day Before Thirty children died by gunfire in Philadelphia last year – outside their homes, schools, and ball fields. Others lost family, friends, and mentors to homicide in a city where people are afraid to leave their homes in...
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...
Build Common Ground with Us – Dec 22, 2022
We Build Common Ground and Get Uncommon Results These days it seems that all politicians do is attack each other and little gets done. At Children First, we find common ground to get UNCOMMON RESULTS. You can read all about the uncommon results we achieved this...
The child care system is broken – Dec 16, 2022
Pushing Kids to the Front We can't stop thinking about a young woman we met recently who worked at Burger King for years. She was excited to finally get hired for a job at Penn in a position that paid much more and offered a promising career. The problem is...
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...
No Cyber Charter Soliciting – Nov 18, 2022
No More Cyber Charter Cold Calls Not all kids are cut out for virtual learning, a fact we learned when schools shut their doors during COVID and test scores plummeted. But for some students, online instruction is their ticket to success and they have options in...
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...