Your Taxes Should Pay Off for Kids – Apr 11, 2025

  EVERY CHILD LEFT BEHIND Did you file your tax return yet for 2024?  Eight out of ten of us will have done so by the time you read this email. But what are you getting for taxes Washington is collecting?   When the tax year started on January 2024, parents of...

More than a Tune Up – Feb 28, 2025

  STALLED PROGRESS FOR KIDS IN SOUTHEASTERN PA  When your car stalls over and over again, you take it to the mechanic, find out what’s wrong, get it fixed, and pay the bill so you’re back on the road. Like an expert mechanic, Children First ran the diagnostics...

Kids, We All Love ‘Em – Feb 14, 2025

  SHOW THAT YOU LOVE CHILDREN  Today’s the day when children share handmade Valentine’s Day cards and treats with the grown-ups they love. But is our great Commonwealth returning their affection by providing them with important things that they love, like… Their...

REPORTS: A Decade of Stalled Progress – Feb 2025

Children First is releasing five reports on the children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, titled, “A Decade of Stalled Progress.” Click the images below to download a copy of the report. Bucks County Chester County Delaware...

What we wish for kids in 2025 – Dec 27, 2024

  OUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Each new year brings new possibilities and many of us use this time to commit to making positive changes in our lives. Children First is also committed to making changes (in public policy) in 2025 to improve the lives of...

When $160 billion isn’t enough – Aug 9, 2024

  POLITICS PROLONGS CHILD POVERTY As families struggle to meet rising costs of food and housing, Congress was poised to offer relief with a new child tax credit. In exchange, businesses would have gotten $160 billion in tax cuts. But that wasn’t enough....