Hispanic Leaders are Driving Long-Term Change for Hispanic Kids The Hispanic community in Philadelphia (and nationwide) deserves more attention than the alarming headlines about the Trump Administration’s targeted deportation and harassment tactics. Hispanic...
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La Iniciativa Pa’lante moviliza a líderes hispanos para impulsar un cambio duradero para los niños hispanos
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...
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,...
ICE & Education Funding, What’s the Connection?
WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING From our nation’s capital to small-town PA, taxpayers are footing a hefty bill for the chaos that ICE is creating. Starting tomorrow, the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security will either shut down or work...
Can you live with this?
When enforcing the law means locking up children, the law must be questioned. Liam Ramos' elementary school principal started to cry when asked about how Liam’s arrest impacted other children. "His friends notice that he's not here," Principal Jason Kuhlman...
This Will Scare You
Sticks and Stones and Names Will Hurt You Troublemaker. Disruptive. Difficult. These labels can follow a child around their whole life with devastating consequences. At a Philadelphia City Council hearing organized by Children First, teenagers shared their...
Who Cares for the Caretaker?
When Parents Lead, Families Thrive Young people are facing a mental health crisis but what about parents who are caring heavy mental and emotional loads? In 2024, the U.S. Surgeon General issued the advisory Parents Under Pressure, highlighting that parents are...
REPORT: When Parents Lead, Families Thrive
Parents today are carrying immense pressures – balancing the demands of work, childcare, and household responsibilities while striving to nurture their children’s growth. For too many, particularly Black, brown, and low-income families, these pressures are intensified...
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...
A Frightening Deja Vu – Nov 22, 2024
WE MUST KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER Amy Kobeta, Communications Director at Children First, lived in Phoenix, Arizona when a harsh anti-immigrant law passed. She wrote this piece. Trump’s cruel promise to indiscriminately round up immigrants poses a real and present...