Aug 18, 2014
The Insure Every Child Coalition is working to make health insurance coverage available for every child in Pennsylvania, including children who do not have documentation for their legal immigration status. If you would like to join Children First and our partners in...
Aug 18, 2014
Action Plan: Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning in Delaware County by 2027 (2022) Delaware County has the fifth highest number of children poisoned by lead of all PA counties, with an average of 250 children harmed each year. Lead was finally banned in residential...
Aug 18, 2014
Children First initiated a successful two-year campaign that resulted in Philadelphia City Council passing a law in December 2011 requiring landlords to test their properties for lead hazards to prove they are lead-safe and help protect young tenants from lead...
Aug 18, 2014
Across suburban southeast PA, at least 50% of homes were built before 1978 when lead-based paint was banned for residential use (a range of 52% in Chester County to 83% in Delaware County). Across the nation the number one source of lead poisoning is lead-based paint...
Aug 18, 2014
PCCY has developed a set of resource guides to help parents, school nurses and counselors, early education professionals, health care providers and others who care for children, particularly with Medicaid and CHIP coverage, find a behavioral health care provider....
Aug 18, 2014
PCCY published a guide to help parents and child-serving professionals help children access oral health care resources in Philadelphia. The guide lists over 50 practices in the city that particularly provide services to children with Medicaid coverage and with no...
