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Big News…Really BIG News – Aug 6, 2021

  PCCY Puts “Children First” Officially For 40 years, Public Citizens for Children and Youth has put children first. Now it’s official with our new name: Children First. This is more than a name change; it is a fitting and timely recognition that the...

PCCY Puts “CHILDREN FIRST” Officially – Aug 5, 2021

Contact: Amy Kobeta amyk@childrenfirstpa.com, 347-607-1058 mobile PCCY PUTS “CHILDREN FIRST” OFFICIALLY PHILADELPHIA (August 5, 2021) — For 40 years, Public Citizens for Children and Youth has put children first. Today they made it official with their new name:...

Follow the Right Example – Jul 30, 2021

    INDIANA, YES.  ARIZONA, NO. Instead of Pennsylvania following Arizona’s example of chasing down non-existent election fraud, we should be following Indiana’s example of ensuring that charter schools aren’t illegally bilking the taxpayers. Indiana’s...

Gold medal winners? – Jul 23, 2021

    KIDS’ HOPES SHOULD SOAR, NOT CHARTER SCHOOL COSTS Twenty athletes from Pennsylvania are fighting for Olympic gold this month, representing the best from the Keystone State. Sadly, were Pennsylvania’s students competing on the global stage, their...

Move Over, Bezos – Jul 16, 2021

    REACH FOR THE STARS While working families are struggling to provide for their children, the super-rich are lining up to pay $25 million for a space jaunt with Jeff Bezos. Here on Earth, American children are getting some help thanks to the American...