Click here to download a PDF flyer to share with your friends, colleagues and your social media sites.

Background: Each fall, the Picasso Project contacts public schools in Philadelphia to let them know that mini-arts grants are available to support projects in the creative, performing and digital arts. The grants support a school’s need to boost arts offerings, integrate arts into other core subjects, or use arts to improve school climate. Eligibility: Staff […]

Click here to download a PDF flyer to share with your friends, colleagues and your social media sites.

Background: Each fall, the Picasso Project contacts public schools in Philadelphia to let them know that mini-arts grants are available to support projects in the creative, performing and digital arts. The grants support a school’s need to boost arts offerings, integrate arts into other core subjects, or use arts to improve school climate. Eligibility: Staff […]

Click here to download a PDF flyer to share with your friends, colleagues and your social media sites.

Background: Each fall, the Picasso Project contacts public schools in Philadelphia to let them know that mini-arts grants are available to support projects in the creative, performing and digital arts. The grants support a school’s need to boost arts offerings, integrate arts into other core subjects, or use arts to improve school climate. Eligibility: Staff […]

It is time to kick it up. Join us for high-impact, in-person advocacy in Harrisburg. The state budget impasse is over 100 days old. Our state leaders need to see our worried faces. We need to deliver the news of lost opportunity for children. There are closed classrooms and many anxious parents on waiting lists. […]

Background: Each fall, the Picasso Project contacts public schools in Philadelphia to let them know that mini-arts grants are available to support projects in the creative, performing and digital arts. The grants support a school’s need to boost arts offerings, integrate arts into other core subjects, or use arts to improve school climate. Eligibility: Staff […]

Background: Each fall, the Picasso Project contacts public schools in Philadelphia to let them know that mini-arts grants are available to support projects in the creative, performing and digital arts. The grants support a school’s need to boost arts offerings, integrate arts into other core subjects, or use arts to improve school climate. Eligibility: Staff […]

Background: Each fall, the Picasso Project contacts public schools in Philadelphia to let them know that mini-arts grants are available to support projects in the creative, performing and digital arts. The grants support a school’s need to boost arts offerings, integrate arts into other core subjects, or use arts to improve school climate. Eligibility: Staff […]

24,000 PA Kids Blocked from Public Health Insurance.  Find out why and learn about Dream Care: an effort to expand CHIP coverage for children who are undocumented.  November 9th guest speaker is Dr. Steven Shapiro, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Abington Hospital. November 10th guest speaker is Dr. Jennifer Shrager, Pediatrician, ChesPenn Health Services.The health care […]

24,000 PA Kids Blocked from Public Health Insurance.  Find out why and learn about Dream Care: an effort to expand CHIP coverage for children who are undocumented.  November 9th guest speaker is Dr. Steven Shapiro, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Abington Hospital. November 10th guest speaker is Dr. Jennifer Shrager, Pediatrician, ChesPenn Health Services.The health care […]

"The Raising of America Series is a documentary series that explores the question: Why are so many children in America faring so poorly? What are the consequences for the nation's future? How might we, as a nation, do better? We will view one of the five segments together and discuss afterwards"  Watch the documentary trailer […]

State Budget 110 Days Past Due… Schools are in jeopardy of closing their doors.  Pre-K programs will have to turn children away.  School Districts across the state are borrowing money and considering layoffs.  We need a budget that restores the cuts, increases funding and implements a fair funding formula. Lawmakers refuse to pass a budget […]

24,000 PA Kids Blocked from Public Health Insurance. Find out why and learn about Dream Care: an effort to expand CHIP coverage for children who are undocumented. December 10th guest speaker is Dr. Jennifer Shrager, Pediatrician, ChesPenn Health Services. Dr. Shrager will be joined by Donna Cooper, Executive Director at Public Citizens for Children and […]

Join us Tuesday, March 8th in Harrisburg for a press conference in the Main Rotunda of the State Capitol.  Be present at the state budget hearings.  Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will be holding education funding hearings.  Please contact Shirlee Howe at shirleeh@childrenfirstpa.com to rsvp and make transportation arrangements.  Download this flyer and […]

Join us on Monday, May 2, 2016 for a public education rally in Harrisburg.  PCCY will provide transportation from Center City Philadelphia with a bus leaving at 7:45am.  Visit with your legislators and House and Senate leadership.  Participate in the rally in the Capitol building with advocates from across the state... Because every child deserves […]

Celebration of the 2016 Public Citizen for Children and Youth honoring William George, President and CEO, Health Partners Plans.  Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Vie, 600 North Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19130, 6:00-8:30 pm. Click here for more information.

Join us on the North Side of City Hall for a Sing In for Education.  Starting at 2pm, choirs, orchestras, bands and singers will perform throughout the day as various speakers take the stage to urge the state to support a more fair funding formula for schools in our Commonwealth.

Philadelphia's funding system for public schools is one of the most unfair in the nation.  Join us to support the Fair Funding Lawsuit on September 13, 2016 at Philadelphia's City Hall.  Oral arguments start at 9am.  There will be a really on the north side of City Hall at 10:30am.   Click here to download a […]

Join PCCY's Picasso Project on Friday, September 30, 2016 starting at 4pm to show support for our exhibit as part of the Art In City Hall project.  We want as many supporters of PCCY and the arts in schools to join us as Mayor Kenney dedicates our exhibit.  We will meet in the City Hall […]

Join us for the 23rd Annual Children's Sabbath Interfaith Celebration on Sunday, October 16th from 3pm to 5pm at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad Street.  This year's theme, "Our Promise: Closing the Educational Gaps for Children." Keynote Speaker: Reverend Kevin Johnson, President and CEO, Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) and Pastor of Dare to […]

Are you concerned about children and lead? Participate in a focus group on December 12th and receive a $25 gift card!  See the attached flyer for full details.

Are you concerned about children and lead? Participate in a focus group on December 12th and receive a $25 gift card!  See the attached flyer for full details.

The School District of Philadelphia is sponsoring a community forum on diversity on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at their offices, 440 N. Broad Street, 19130. The School District of Philadelphia takes pride in its diversity. There are over 126 languages spoken among our families; every continent except Antarctica is represented in […]

On January 24th, City Council, the School District of Philadelphia, the Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC), United Voices for Philadelphia, and Juntos will host a Town Hall to discuss the needs of immigrant students as well as budget priorities to support these communities. Parents, […]

Due to the Presidental visit taking place and several street closures in effect, we are postponing the 2017 Picasso Project Grants Award Ceremony originally scheduled for today.  Please stay tuned to your email and our website for the announcement of the new date.. Click here to check out this year's grant recipients. Click here to […]

This is a meeting of PCCY's Events Committee specifically called together to discuss a Minecraft fundraising event in the fall of 2017.  If you are interested in learning more or volunteering, please contact Steven Fynes at stevenf@childrenfirstpa.com.

A briefing on Left Out: The Status of Children in Montgomery County.  To download the report visit www.childrenfirstpa.org/leftoutmontco. The briefing will be at Montgomery County Community College in College Hall, 340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422 starting at 9am.

This is an advocacy training for anyone interested in learning more and helping to support PreK for all Pennsylvania's children. Check out the PreK for Pa Campaign here.

Join us on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the Mayor's Reception Room in Philadelphia's City Hall for the Picasso Project Grants Award Ceremony.  We will be presenting 15 arts grants to Philadelphia Public Schools for community based arts projects. Click here to check out this year’s grant recipients. Click here to […]