Dec 5, 2025
Giving a Gift that Keeps on Giving As the Christmas song goes, “I don’t want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need.” For lots of us, that means love, family, health, or maybe a little gift or two. For the 17,000+ kids in the...
Oct 31, 2025
Sticks and Stones and Names Will Hurt You Troublemaker. Disruptive. Difficult. These labels can follow a child around their whole life with devastating consequences. At a Philadelphia City Council hearing organized by Children First, teenagers shared their...
Oct 29, 2025
Testimony Presented to Philadelphia City Council Children and Youth and Technology and Information Services Committees Stefanie Arbutina, Vulnerable Youth Policy Director October 28, 2025 Dear Chairs Phillips and Landau and Members of the Children and Youth and...
Oct 8, 2025
Children involved in Pennsylvania’s child welfare system are at significantly higher risk for developmental delays due to abuse, neglect, poverty, and family instability. Early Intervention (EI) services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...
Oct 7, 2025
PRESS RELEASE LITTLE KIDS WHO NEED THERAPY THE MOST GET IT THE LEAST Only about 1 in 10 infants, toddlers in child welfare system get Early Intervention Young children who live through abuse, neglect, poverty, and instability don’t have the tools to make sense of...
Oct 7, 2025
Children involved in Pennsylvania’s child welfare system are at significantly higher risk for developmental delays due to abuse, neglect, poverty, and family instability. Early Intervention (EI) services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...
