Approximately two thirds (13,000) Philadelphia school students who fail a school nurse vision screen do not get a follow-up eye exam. School nurses report that one of the main reasons parents say they do not take their kids for follow-up care is because they do not...
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Briefing Paper on Retaining Children in Medicaid
Children’s health status and their family’s financial status can suffer when they lose their insurance coverage for a period of time before they re-enroll. Children who “churn” on and off of coverage are less likely to receive check-ups and immunizations, and their...
Affordable Care Act-Required Transition of Children from CHIP to Medicaid
More children were made eligible for Medicaid because of the Affordable Care Act as of January, 2014. PA children ages 6 to 18 who live in households between 100% and 133% of the federal poverty income guidelines are now eligible for Medicaid – whereby most had...
Reports on Child Health in the Suburbs
PCCY’s Bottom Line Report found that more than 20,000 suburban children have no health insurance, yet the majority of them qualify for public health insurance. Approximately 1 in 3 children in every county is obese or overweight, and the rate rose in three out of...
Child HealthWatch HelpLine
For more than 20 years, our Child HealthWatch HelpLine delivered on the promise of helping families find affordable health insurance for their children. We are humbled that we could help thousands of families find affordable options for their children to get urgent...
Health Insurance for All Children Partners
When the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted Cover All Kids – it extended health care coverage to almost every child in Pennsylvania – except the 47,000 statewide who do “not meet the citizenship requirements of Title XXI of the Social Security Act.” These 13 words bar...
Resources for Delaware County
PCCY Bottom Line Report on Early Care and Education in Delaware County PCCY’s report finds that just 4% of children under the age of five in Delaware County attend a high-quality child care program. The report found that just 24% of low-income families who receive...
Pre-K for PA Fact Sheets
Young children get one chance to benefit from high-quality pre-k, and delayed investments mean not only lost opportunities, but higher costs to our children and our society for missing those opportunities. These county fact sheets summarize the extent of unmet need...
State Education Policy
Funding Education in Pennsylvania PCCY fact sheet describing how schools are funded, what the Costing Out Study is and what a funding formula would do. Click here to download the fact sheet. Poll: School Funding Cuts Are Top Concern for PA Voters: Believe New Revenue...
State Education Budget
Three Years Later: Deep Cuts Persist with Strings Attached PCCY presentation shows little progress made to restore state funding cuts. As a result, poorer districts suffer the most. Click here to download the presentation. PCCY Letter to PA General Assembly PCCY sent...