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...
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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...
Vote for Child Care – Nov 4, 2022
Vote Like Child Care Matters Because It Really Does We couldn’t say it better than Marissa Christie, President & CEO of the United Way of Bucks County. Here is her recently published commentary in the Bucks County Courier Times on why child care is a...
Take Action Tuesday
Take Action Tuesday makes contacting your legislators and flexing your constituent power effortless. Each week, we ask you to send a message to your lawmakers about legislation that impacts kids – sometimes good, sometimes bad. You will literally have the power to...
Success in Putting an End to Lead Poisoning! – Oct 28, 2022
Hometown Leadership on Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention "When I found out, I cried – a lot. I felt completely responsible." Delco mom Andrea White felt such despair when she learned her two young children were poisoned by lead paint, and she is speaking out to...
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...