When enforcing the law means locking up children, the law must be questioned. Liam Ramos' elementary school principal started to cry when asked about how Liam’s arrest impacted other children. "His friends notice that he's not here," Principal Jason Kuhlman...
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Can it be right for the gov’t to break up families?
Government-Sanctioned Family Separation Goes Beyond Immigration Enforcement In these chaotic times when we are awash in videos documenting children used as bait in the ICE dragnet or swollen child detention centers filled with orphaned immigrant children, it’s...
Are You Feeling Better?
Dangerous Snowball Effect of Bad Health Policy If national leaders really want to Make America Healthy Again, pushing kids off health insurance is not the way to go. In Pennsylvania today, more than 153,000 children do not have health insurance, the highest in...
True or False
Here Are the Facts about Child Care Because a YouTuber posted on social media that he wasn’t allowed in secure child care centers in Minnesota, he claimed fraud. The President reacted to the post and – without any evidence – ordered an immediate freeze of $10...
Another Year for Kids
Congratulations! You're already ahead on your New Year's Resolutions by reading this email. Looking forward to another year of working together for equitable access to high-quality early education, sound health care, effective public schools, and dependency...
Wishing You a Happy Holiday!
w Have you ever left your job to care for your kid or were forced to return to work sooner than you wanted after having a baby? If so, share your stories with us to get help get paid family & medical leave in passed in PA! Click here. American Academy of...
State Rules Steal Big Gift from Kids
The Gift of Strong Minds, Bright Futures While we're in the gift-giving season, Children First wants to give a special present to every child – good mental health. That may sound like a cliché until you learn that current state rules block families from mental...
Who’s on the Nice List?
Everyone wants to know... Because of you, Children First made many plays this past fiscal year that landed victories for children and teens. Read all about it in our Annual Report, Advocates: The Fuel for Champions. "We owe our patients a consistent message...
A Gift so Big…It Can’t be Wrapped
Giving a Gift that Keeps on Giving As the Christmas song goes, "I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need." For lots of us, that means love, family, health, or maybe a little gift or two. For the 17,000+ kids in the juvenile justice...
Who is Really Out of Office?
Thanksgiving is Not the Only Time We're Out of Office Dawn Huckelbridge, founding director of Paid Leave for All, reminds us that being out of the office is not simple for families. We couldn’t have said it better ourselves so we've printed an excerpt of her...