REPORT: Smart Money: Covering PA’s Kids Will Save Millions – April 2024
Policymakers, who are charged with being responsive to the expectations of taxpayers and ensuring public funds are both reducing waste and making a difference,…
REPORT: State Examples for Optimizing Medicaid – March 2024
In March 2024, Children First published a policy brief entitled “Optimizing Medicaid to Improve Child and Youth Mental Health in Pennsylvania.” In that brief,…
REPORT: Optimizing Medicaid to Improve Child and Youth Mental Health in PA – March 2024
Children are enduring unprecedented rates of anxiety and depression. In Pennsylvania, 50% of children who died by suicide in 2021 never had a prior…
ACTION PLAN: Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning in Delaware County by 2027
Delaware County has the fifth highest number of children poisoned by lead of all PA counties, with an average of 250 children harmed each…
REPORT: Informed and Empowered: Girls With Options – Sep 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, Children First amyk@childrenfirstpa.org WHAT WE LEARNED IN SEX ED: GIRLS NEED OPTIONS Black and Hispanic girls want culturally…
REPORT: Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Bucks County – Apr 2019
El sueño americano se está erosionando en el condado de Bucks. Los ingresos que solían proporcionar una cómoda vida de clase media ya no son suficientes para igualar ...
REPORT: Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Delaware County – Mar 2019
El sueño americano se está erosionando en el condado de Delaware. Los ingresos que solían proporcionar una cómoda vida de clase media ya no son suficientes para igualar ...
REPORT: Improving PA’s Lead Poisoning Surveillance Data Sharing – Feb 2019
Para garantizar que los recursos adecuados se destinen a reducir la incidencia de la exposición y el envenenamiento por plomo en los niños, el Commonwealth of Pennsylvania publica anualmente un Childhood ...
REPORT: Making Philadelphia’s Lead Disclosure Law Universal Will Improve the Health of the City’s Babies – Dec 2018
Todos los bebés de Filadelfia deben tener la misma oportunidad de crecer y convertirse en niños sanos y adultos productivos, sin importar dónde vivan ...
REPORT: Making PHL’s Lead Disclosure Law Universal Will Protect Babies – Dec 2018
El envenenamiento por plomo en la niñez interrumpe la posibilidad de una vida sana y feliz para muchos niños pequeños en Filadelfia, particularmente los niños de minorías. Aunque…