2014 Picasso Project Grantees
See the full list of 2014 Picasso Project grantees and what each school plans to do with their grant.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a well-documented success. This key federal nutrition program provides support for children in child care…
Summer Meals
During the school year, suburban families can turn to school meals to help feed their school-age children. But for many children, summer vacation brings…
SNAP – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as Food Stamps)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is our nation’s #1 defense against hunger. SNAP is a powerful anti-hunger tool that helps put food on…
School Meals, with a focus on School Breakfast
Children who eat breakfast at school perform better on standardized tests, are better behaved and have better attendance than students who skip breakfast or…
Economic and Food Security in the Suburbs – Hunger
PCCY found that nearly 30,000 more children in the Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties depend on SNAP (Food Stamps) than in 2008. Also,…
Insure Every Child
The Insure Every Child Coalition is working to make health insurance coverage available for every child in Pennsylvania, including children who do not have…
Lead Reports
Action Plan: Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning in Delaware County by 2027 (2022) Delaware County has the fifth highest number of children poisoned by lead…
2012 Philadelphia Rental Property Lead Law
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…
Lead Poisoning Status of Suburban Children
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…