Resources for Chester County

PCCY Bottom Line Report on Early Care and Education in Chester County PCCY’s report finds that in Chester County, only 15% of the 285 licensed child care programs are considered high-quality.  Across the county, only about 6% of children under five attend a highly...

Economic and Food Security in the Suburbs – Poverty

PCCY found more than 53,000 children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties live in poverty. Click on the links below for a brief summary across all four counties and the full reports. Bucks County – Nearly 9,000 children in Bucks County live in poverty,...

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, less than a third of eligible students participate in school breakfast programs.  Click on the links below for a brief...