All Good Things Shouldn’t Come to an End Hundreds of thousands of PA kids are at risk of losing their health insurance and we won’t be around to help them. Pennsylvania is poised to require everyone on Medicaid to prove their eligibility – all 3 million of them...
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Don’t Hang Up on Kids – Jun 10, 2022
Lower Property Taxes by Reforming Charter Schools – Jun 3, 2022
Montgomery County superintendents, school board members, and a bipartisan group of state legislators came together to demand charter school reform at a Children First press conference this week. Charter school payments by school districts drive up property...
Watch Out for Mama Bears! – Jun 3, 2022
A Parent's Love "I don’t like children, I love them." These are the words of Geanna Williams-Davis, a Philadelphia mother of two and grandmother of seven, who is fighting for a better life for them and all children. A parent’s love is powerful. On an...
Stop the NRA – May 27, 2022
Hunting...for Children D.N.A. The carnage at Robb Elementary was so horrible that children had to be identified with D.N.A., like soldiers on a battlefield. This weekend, when Americans are supposed to be memorializing fallen servicemembers, the child...
Stop the NRA – May 27, 2022
Teach our children to be well and do good – May 20, 2022
Teach Our Children Well Our hearts break for the Buffalo families who are burdened with unspeakable grief. The sickening sadness of witnessing a teenager driven to a murderous rage by racism adds another level of grief altogether. "I need a village to help me...
Teach our children to be well and do good – May 20, 2022
No Better Investment than Kids – May 13, 2022
PA's Budget Surplus Can Be a Game-Changer for Kids For years we’ve been told that the money just isn’t there to meet the needs of schools, child care programs, or children’s health. Routinely, state lawmakers would metaphorically pull out their empty pockets...
Happy Teacher/Nurse/Mother’s Day! – May 6, 2022
Giving Back to Those Who Give So Much Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, National Nurses Day today, and Mother’s Day (a bit early). We send best wishes and thanks to all teachers, nurses, and mothers for their compassion, encouragement, and commitment to making...