Arguments Against Soda Tax are All Flat In response to a 2015 landslide voter referendum in support of a tax on sweetened beverages, the Mayor and City Council passed the levy that pays for more than 5,000 children to attend pre-k, completed upgrades to 48 city...
State Budget Must Address the Child Care Crisis While SEPTA and K-12 education are dominating the headlines during the state budget impasse, families continue to face child care challenges. State Rep. Gina Curry reminded us of that in a recent commentary in...
Federal Policy that Harms Children Should be A Non-Starter Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a ban on children living in the U.S. without legal citizenship status from receiving services in essential federally funded health care...
MAKING PROGRESS ON CHILD CARE It’s about darn time. Parents and child care providers too often get lip service from lawmakers about solving the child care crisis. A roll call vote this week on a child care bill forced Pennsylvania legislators to show where they...
A Call to Action by the Early Childhood Provider Council Racial Equity Subcommittee The Early Childhood Provider Council’s Racial Equity Subcommittee, supported by Children First, is dedicated to addressing systemic inequities in Pennsylvania’s early childhood...
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH HEAD START The Philadelphia Inquirer published the following commentary written by Mai Miksic, Children First’s Deputy Director of Policy. Join Mai and other Head Start supporters by joining us in Washington, D.C. next...
