“Our children are not our children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.” As we approach the holiday weekend, we decided to take some liberty with the powerful words of the great poet Kahlil Gibran to describe the...
Half of Pennsylvania kids are not getting tested for lead by their second birthday, despite CDC guidelines. There is no safe level of lead in a child’s system; exposure to lead, even at low levels, can cause intellectual, behavioral, and academic...
Children learn what they see. When they hear the President is inviting guests to the White House for more than a dozen holiday parties, they rightfully have a hard time understanding why they can’t see their grandparents and cousins during the...
Sahar is a self-employed photographer, and her husband was working as an independent contractor. When the pandemic hit, they both lost work and found themselves uninsured. No income. No insurance. Nowhere to turn…or so she thought. Fortunately, Sahar...
“Take it or leave it.” That’s the ultimatum Florence*, a licensed practical nurse, was given when she raised concerns about risking her kids’ health. For five years, Florence provided tender care to patients in an outpatient clinic. When her center started...
“PCCY was lifesaver,” said Nicole. “I was so overwhelmed with the kids’ schooling, my health, and the survival of our family business.” Nicole, a stage 4 cancer survivor still undergoing treatment, learned in January that her youngest son’s Medicaid...
