Child care is essential. The American Rescue Plan Act is delivering nearly $1.2 billion to Pennsylvania specifically for early childhood education but it’s up to us how to spend it. Throughout the month, child care providers and the families they support are...
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Education is the Best Economic Policy – April 30, 2021
China is on track to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy and by some measures it already is. There’s no one reason why this is the case but it’s impossible for any explanation to ignore the massive investments they are making in...
HB 272 Thanks – April 28, 2021
Cyber charter enrollment in Southeastern Pennsylvania grew by over 6,300 students this year, leaving district officials scrambling to cover $176 million in new tuition costs. These higher costs frequently get passed on to local taxpayers in the form of higher...
Is PA “on the level?” – April 23, 2021
In a state that spends more than a half billion dollars in school districts that have lost 20-50% of their student population over the last 30 years, it’s about time that the state also invests in schools that are full to the brim and getting fuller with...
American Rescue Plan Act Checklists
American Rescue Plan Act Checklists Will Help Families, Schools & Local Governments To Access Critical Federal Funds PHILADELPHIA (April 21, 2021)— The American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Act) has all the potential to be a game changer for children and families but...
Chambers of Horror – April 16, 2021
Stop the Harm and Start the Healing The case is clear. Philadelphia’s children need the protection of an independent Ombudsperson office mandated to conduct investigations when youth or parents report abuse of any sort while children are forced to live...
OP-ED: Pa. Senate Education Leaders Need to Give Local Taxpayers a Break – Apr 12, 2021
Pa. Senate education leaders need to give local taxpayers a break on cyber-charter costs | Opinion Published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star April 12, 2021 By ML Wernecke School board members across the commonwealth are seeing red because the dollars they are sending...
Would you leave billions of dollars on the table? – April 9, 2021
The Promise of the Rescue Act is Up to Us Now The American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Act) has all the potential to be a game changer for children. Congress has done its part in passing this historic legislation that can cut the national child poverty rate in...
Would you leave billions of dollars on the table? – April 9, 2021
Can the American Rescue Plan Act be a Game Changer for PA Children?
CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, PCCY amyk@childrenfirstpa.com, 347-607-1058 mobile CAN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT BE A GAME CHANGER FOR PA CHILDREN? Federal and Local Leaders to Come Together to Answer that Question PHILADELPHIA (April 3, 2021)—Pennsylvania’s share of the $1.9...