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Count to Ten – Jan 27, 2023

  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...

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...

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...

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...