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Can private equity turn a profit on kids? – Mar 14, 2025

  A Half-Billion Dollar Swindle in Delco Harms Children  After the private equity owners of the Crozer Medical system in Delaware County extracted more than $500,000,000 from the system over the past nine years, it declared bankruptcy and the whole hospital...

Celebration of the 2025 Champion for Children: Governor Josh Shapiro

  On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Children First will be honoring Governor Josh Shapiro at our annual Celebration of the Champion for Children, and we are also proud to be celebrating our 45th Anniversary! We are choosing to honor Governor Shapiro on this special...

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse – Mar 7, 2025

  TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING WASTED  While Elon Musk is dancing with chain saws in his zealous approach to ferreting out government “waste, fraud, and abuse,” PA has its own wasteful spending that is chopping away at our children’s success. The...

More than a Tune Up – Feb 28, 2025

  STALLED PROGRESS FOR KIDS IN SOUTHEASTERN PA  When your car stalls over and over again, you take it to the mechanic, find out what’s wrong, get it fixed, and pay the bill so you’re back on the road. Like an expert mechanic, Children First ran the diagnostics...

Children First Releases the 2025 County Reports

Children First is releasing five reports on the children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, titled, “A Decade of Stalled Progress.” Click the images below to download a copy of the report. Bucks County Chester County Delaware...

Build on Black History Month – Feb 21, 2025

  EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF EQUITY  It’s hard to ignore the contrast: while communities are celebrating Black History Month, the Trump Administration is undermining programs that actually help Black children and families in PA. The top of the list is...