[NOTE: The following letter was distributed to all members of Philadelphia City Council on April 25, 2017.] [DOWNLOAD PDF] Dear Members of Council: We at Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) call upon the members of Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings...
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Here’s a great reason to smile…–April 21, 2017
Here's a great reason to smile... We want to take a moment to let you know about a great kid with a great new smile. We got a call from a teacher of a young child in middle school who was being teased by other students because he had many visibly decayed top front...
Your Backstage Pass To The Revolution–April 14, 2017
Your backstage pass to the Revolution! With a whopping 30,000 tickets already sold for the spanking new Museum of the American Revolution, you’ll have to wait a while to make a visit UNLESS you join PCCY at the Museum for our Celebration of the 2017 Public...
We Must Have Missed the Memo–April 7, 2017
We Must Have Missed the Memo Some state representatives, siding with the research and the will of the people they represent, have boarded the quality pre-k train only to threaten to derail it in this, the first week of PA’s budget process. This week, the PA...
135,000 Hands Clapping — Mar 31, 2017
135,000 Hands Clapping! A catastrophe was temporarily averted last week as the attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) failed, but we’re far from a clean bill of health. It’s reassuring to finally know we now have a united block of Congressional...
Two Supreme Wins for Children–March 24, 2017
Two Supreme Wins for Children It’s obvious that the failure to pass the repeal of the Affordable Care Act is a win for millions of children. But what you might have missed is that the Supreme Court ruled for kids this week as well. The Supremes unanimously...
Children Take A Pounding in the President’s Budget – 3/17/17
POTUS Budget Pounds Children The budget released by President Trump yesterday will hit children like a freight train. Some Really Bad Math For every $1 dollar cut from agencies serving children, the military and security apparatus grows by $3. The Defense budget grows...
GOP & DEMS agree: Protect every child, but — March 10, 2017
Can GOP & DEMS Agree To Protect Every Child? A repeal of the Affordable Care Act may be all over the news but the appearance of a united party supporting such an action is not. With more and more Republicans breaking ranks with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s...
Press Release: Amicus Brief in Support of Philadelphia’s Children (2017)
PCCY Files Beverage Tax Amicus Brief in Support of Philadelphia's Children Cites expanded pre-K and improve quality of life for children in support of soda tax Philadelphia, March 10, 2017 – Joining more than 17 organizations across the city on behalf of expanding...
Trump puts child protections in the dump–March 3, 2017
Pres. Trump puts child protections in the dump Beneath the spectacle of it all, the impact of federal politics can feel a bit removed from the day-to-day lives of average Americans. But the provocative change agenda of the Trump administration is about to get very...