Forty States’ Certification Systems are Better Suited to Retain High School CTE Teachers than Pennsylvania. In 80% of all states, where 2.3 million educators are teaching in public schools, Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers can attain tenure via a...
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2026 To-Do List for PA Lawmakers
It's the start of a new legislative year so Children First has a to-do list for lawmakers that will improve the lives of children and teens. DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE.
The Punishment is too Big for the Crime
Pennsylvania’s outdated laws allow children as young as ten years old to be arrested, prosecuted in juvenile court, and even locked up. Children in Pennsylvania as young as 10 years old can be arrested... and jailed. Pennsylvania’s outdated laws allow children as...
Priorities for Early Childhood Education in Pennsylvania
A Call to Action by the Early Childhood Provider Council Racial Equity Subcommittee The Early Childhood Provider Council’s Racial Equity Subcommittee, supported by Children First, is dedicated to addressing systemic inequities in Pennsylvania’s early childhood...
PA Voters Show Strong Support for Paid Family Leave in PA
A recent poll of voters in Pennsylvania shows strong bipartisan support for paid family leave including among the most conservative and pro-Trump voters. The poll of 735 likely voters statewide was conducted in March 2025. In addition, 120 registered Republicans were...
FACT SHEETS: Cyber Funding: House & Senate Education Committee Fact Sheets – Aug 2021
Enrollment in cyber charter schools skyrocketed has during the pandemic, causing school districts to pay $350 million more and intensifying pressure on local property taxes. The House and Senate Education Committees are charged with setting policy to solve this...
PCCY Unveils New Tools To Help Families, Communities and Schools as part of the American Rescue Act
Pennsylvania’s share of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act is $360 billion and is a real game changer for kids. But what impact will this have for Pennsylvania’s children? PCCY has created these resources to help better understand the plan and how this...
PCCY Response to 21-22 Wolf budget
PHILADELPHIA (February 3, 2021) - Governor Wolf’s FY 2021-2022 budget proposal includes historic levels of investment that will improve the life chances of all children, especially children of color and low-income children in the commonwealth. It is hard to overstate...
TESTIMONY: Response to Gov. Wolf’s 2020 Budget Address – Feb 4, 2020
Our response to Gov. Wolf's 2020 Budget Address WHY HOLD BACK THE PROGRESS OF OUR CHILDREN? Pennsylvania families need the Governor and the legislature to do much more to meet the needs of children. Governor Wolf’s proposed budget keeps the Commonwealth moving in the...
How Children Fare In Governors Budget
Download PDF With state legislators scrambling to develop a budget that responds to the many needs and desires of Pennsylvanians, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) today released an analysis showing proposed cuts are spread across a number of programs that...