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ChildWatch Newsletter – Spring/Summer 2026
In this edition you’ll read about: A Message from Mai Miksic, New Executive Director Big Progress on Paid Family Leave Pa’lante Fellowship Launched Changing the City Charter to Protect Kids Making Second Chances Possible Building the Next Generation of Advocates...
Video: Empowering Change – Strategies for a Lead-Safe Future
The PA Lead-Free Promise Project hosted the "Empowering Change: Strategies for a Lead-Safe Future” Conference on October 21, 2025. This conference provided attendees with important, and potentially lifesaving, best practices to identify and respond to children with...
Video: Parents Growing Together Symposium
Parents today are balancing the demands of work, child care, and household responsibilities while striving to nurture their children’s growth. Low-wealth families have the added worry of limited resources; families of color also face systemic oppressions. This...
Video: Chester County Leaders Education Roundtable
Long before the current state budget delay left districts scrambling to cover expenses, some Chester County schools were already struggling with inadequate funding. Nearly half of Chester County’s students (47%) attend five school districts that have faced decades...
Toto, We’re Not in DC Anymore
TWO BEFORE TWO There’s no place like home, according to Dorothy. Thanks to lawmakers in our home state, PA kids don’t have to click their heels three times to summon attention on the problem of lead poisoning. Case in point, state Representative Shelby Labs...
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