Hot Off the Presses – Jun 21, 2024

Jun 21, 2024

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Hot off the presses, Childwatch – the Children First newsletter – brings you up to date on our key research, legislative news, and child advocacy leaders. Read through the full edition or click on the table of contents to jump to the specific article:

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

Pa’Lante Report on Hispanic Children in Philadelphia

Continued Call for Improved School Funding

Raising the Alarm on the Need for Mental Health Supports

ADVOCACY IN ACTION

Paid Family Leave: Good For Business, Good for the Economy

Parents and Students Leading the Calls for Change

TRAILBLAZING LEADERS

New Board President Javier Suarez

Salute to David Laigaie

Dynamic young leaders in the Young Professionals Advisory Council

IN MEMORIAM: Judy Adamson

Tell your lawmakers to pass The Family Care Act so PA families can care for their loved ones — including new babies and elderly parents — without risking their jobs and hard-earned financial security.

One hundred state representatives voted against PA legislation that would require coaches be trained to better help them identify and help student athletes struggling with mental health.

Listen in to WHYY’s Studio 2 featuring Children First K-12 Policy Director Priyanka Reyes-Kaura as she strongly made the case against private school vouchers and FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (Starts at the 20-minute mark.)

In a move that will keep children safe, the Supreme
Court upheld a federal law preventing someone under
a domestic violence restraining order from possessing
firearms. The decision was 8-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas casting the dissenting vote.