Children First, una de las organizaciones principales activistas de los niños y las familias de Pensilvania, ha anunciado hoy una nueva iniciativa multigeneracional que une líderes hispanos para abordar las necesidades específicas de los niños y adolescentes hispanos...
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Pa’lante Initiative Mobilizes Hispanic Leaders to Drive Long-Term Change for Hispanic Kids
Children First, one of Pennsylvania's leading advocates for children and families, today announced a new multi-generational initiative uniting Hispanic stakeholders to address the unique needs of Philadelphia’s Hispanic children and teens. Hispanic community members,...
Statement: Parents & Students Deserve Guarantees in the SDP Facilities Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In Philadelphia, providing a world class public education to every student is a daunting challenge due to decades of underfunding that starved our schools of essential resources and robbed our students of opportunity. Nevertheless, we must...
Testimony regarding the Small Necessities Leave Act – Jan 20 2026
Download PDF: CF Testimony Senate Democratic Policy Committee 1-20-2026 On behalf of Children First, thank you for the opportunity to present testimony regarding the Small Necessities Leave Act. Children First is an advocacy organization that fights to improve the...
RFK’s Dangerous Vaccine Crusade Risks Children’s Lives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Our Message to Secretary Kennedy: America is not Denmark. The new vaccine regimen announced by Health and Human Services (HHS) is risky, irresponsible, and reckless. With no evidence to suggest otherwise, respected U.S. scientific experts tell us...
Early Intervention is Critical to Child Welfare
PRESS RELEASE LITTLE KIDS WHO NEED THERAPY THE MOST GET IT THE LEAST Only about 1 in 10 infants, toddlers in child welfare system get Early Intervention Young children who live through abuse, neglect, poverty, and instability don’t have the tools to make sense of...
10-YEAR OLDS IN JAIL?
PRESS RELEASE THE PUNISHMENT IS TOO BIG FOR THE CRIME Pennsylvania kids as young as 10 can be arrested…and jailed It’s shocking to learn that, in Pennsylvania, 10-year-olds can be sent to jail. A new policy brief by Children First reveals that in 2024, nearly 2,000...
PA Faces a Shortage of Nearly 700 CTE Teachers
PRESS RELEASE PA FACES A SHORTAGE OF NEARLY 700 CAREER-TECH TEACHERS New Children First Report Offers Solutions So More Children Can Benefit from Skills Training Pennsylvania has a smaller share of students in valuable career and technical education (CTE) than other...
STATEMENT: Philly Child Welfare System is Failing Children
Philadelphia’s Child Welfare System Is Failing Children — It Must Be Reformed Now (April 11, 2025) Children First is heartbroken for the children and families failed by Philadelphia’s child welfare system, as revealed in this week’s Philadelphia Inquirer series on the...
STATEMENT: Papering Over Past Abuses, Clock Tower Should Not Be Permitted to Operate (Feb 2023)
STATEMENT BY CHILDREN FIRST Papering Over Past Abuses, Clock Tower Should Not Be Permitted to Operate February 7, 2023 Children First strongly opposes the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ (DHS) recent action to approve a license allowing Clock Tower Schools...