Mar 28, 2022
TO: The Honorable Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives FROM: Concerned Education Stakeholders and Advocates SUBJECT: House Bill 2169 – Lifeline Scholarship Program DATE: March 28, 2022 On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we respectfully urge...
Mar 25, 2022
Business and Families Call for Greater Child Care Investments “We have a hard time hiring and keeping workers because of the lack of child care flexibility,” said Blythe Pruitt of Advanced Industrial Solutions (AIS), a skilled trade labor...
Mar 18, 2022
Councilmember David Oh wants to repeal the Philly soda tax and deny 4,000 children quality pre-k. If you’re a Philly parent, let him know that a few cents on a soda means so much more for kids! Sad but true observation by a 10-year-old girl talking about...
Mar 10, 2022
More than 37,000 children and teens in the Greater Philadelphia area are uninsured. Yet the majority of them are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. Here’s the good news! Almost every child and teen qualifies for free or low-cost health insurance! School...
Feb 25, 2022
The Fate of Democracy Is In Our Hands The stories and images coming out of Ukraine are horrifying. Our hearts are breaking for the Ukrainian people as they face death and destruction at the hands of Russian invaders in an unfounded military attack that...
Feb 18, 2022
Child Care Builds Bridges for Families and Politicians They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and the same can be said for child care. Parents, government, business, social conservatives, and liberal advocates all agree that child care is a priority for...
