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If the House always wins, who loses?–June 16, 2017

  If the House wins, who loses? Whatever your motivations, gambling is a problem when it hurts those that depend on you, like kids. Pennsylvania, is it time for an intervention? Pension reform is finally here, rejigging the state’s pension system for state...

When leaks cost us all…–June 9, 2017

  When leaks cost us all... Good public policy solves a societal problem. Great public policy does that and benefits all, lending credence to the cliché that a rising tide lifts all boats. As we do for seniors, we have good policies when it comes to the health of...

Duct Tape is No Longer Working–June 6, 2017

  Duct Tape Is No Longer Working You may be frustrated and concerned at the patent unfairness of Pennsylvania's school funding. But that unfairness is especially painful to Courteney Parry, a junior at Pottstown High School. On May 31st, the day of the deadline...

Top 5 Things about Trump’s Bully Budget–May 26, 2017

Top 5 things about Trump's Bully Budget Like you, we believe in fighting for our kids because they can’t fight back. And in President Trump’s first budget, kids are primed to take a beating. Make no mistake, these cuts go deep and will adversely affect every community...

Some Cuts Never Heal–2017 Federal Budget

PCCY Responds to President Trump's Budget Some Cuts Never Heal The President’s Budget Proposals Threaten the Well-Being of Pennsylvania’s Children and Our Nation’s Long Term Security Nearly 400,000 Children in Southeastern Pennsylvania Put at Risk On Tuesday, the...

WOAH! Before you flip the status quo–May 19, 2017

WOAH! Before you flip the status quo... It may not be a good chant, but it’s the right chant: What do we want? Change. When do we want it? When it helps. Voters wanted change last November, but not the President's definition of change.  Once they learned the facts,...

Know who’s leading this Revolution?–May 12, 2017

Know who's leading this Revolution? If you’ve been procrastinating, time is almost up to join the revolution. Every year, PCCY’s annual celebration proves to be the social event for the sector with a veritable Who’s Who of educators, child advocates, lawmakers and...

How we insure healthy kids–May 5, 2017

How we insure healthy kids The House of Representatives may have passed their Trumpcare bill on Thursday but thankfully every congressman representing southeast PA stood up for children and families and voted no – in part because they heard from folks like you, their...

“I Think Arts Education Saved My Life”–April 28, 2017

  "I think it saved my life." Before he created Broadway’s smash hit Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda was just a public school kid who was lucky enough to be at a school with funding for arts education. “And I think it saved my life,” Miranda said in a recent...