Racial Equity Early Childhood Provider Council
Children First has listened to many child care providers who want to change early childhood education policies to improve program quality. The time has…
Sounding the Alarm – Sep 17, 2021
The Numbers Don’t Lie Employers are hanging the “Help Wanted” signs, but potential employees need some help themselves first. A huge reason why…
Labor Pains – Sep 3, 2021
If ever a time to honor Labor Day… Labor Day honors the American workforce and the contributions that workers make to our…
Major Returns on 1% Investment – June 18, 2021
An early learner shows her appreciation of Councilmember Cindy Bass for supporting Philly Pre-K. Four-year-olds Aiden and Brooke stole the show at the…
Are the Unemployed Just Lazy? – June 4, 2021
It’s the narrative — not the unemployed — that’s lazy (This is an excerpt of an opinion piece written by Dan O’Brien, PCCY Education…
How Would You Spend $1.2 Billion – May 5, 2021
Child care is essential. The American Rescue Plan Act is delivering nearly $1.2 billion to Pennsylvania specifically for early childhood education but…
Education is the Best Economic Policy – April 30, 2021
China is on track to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy and by some measures it already is. There’s…
Would you leave billions of dollars on the table? – April 9, 2021
The Promise of the Rescue Act is Up to Us Now The American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Act) has all the potential to…
When all safety nets are pulled out from under you – Mar 5, 2021
If we didn’t know it before the pandemic, we sure know it now: child care and schools provide essential services beyond their core…
PCCY Response to 21-22 Wolf budget
PHILADELPHIA (February 3, 2021) – Governor Wolf’s FY 2021-2022 budget proposal includes historic levels of investment that will improve the life chances of all…