REPORT: Informed and Empowered: Girls With Options – Sep 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, Children First amyk@childrenfirstpa.com WHAT WE LEARNED IN SEX ED: GIRLS NEED OPTIONS Black and Hispanic girls want culturally relevant sex education Download Press Release Download Report PHILADELPHIA (September 10, 2021) —...

Girls Want Options – Sept 10, 2021

  Girls WANT Options “I wasn’t really aware of my own reproductive anatomy, didn’t have a good understanding of the variety of contraceptives. The Girls With Options workshops provided me with information and options. I gained insight...

Unmasking the anti-maskers – Aug 20, 2021

  A chiropractor, a lawyer, and a would-be philosopher…it’s no joke. We came across some information about the masking and vaccination debate that stopped us right in our tracks. Consider this…You trust your chiropractor to heal your aching...

TESTIMONY: Massachusetts Lead Bills H2346 and S1430 – Jun 23, 2021

 Testimony to the Massachusetts’ State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health for Bills H2346 and S1430 Submitted by Colleen McCauley, RN BSN MPH, Health Policy Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth Honorable members of the Joint Committee on Public...

No More Kids in Pain – May 7, 2021

  One person’s view of history can stand in contrast to another’s even when they are both involved in making the same historical moment.  That’s what we found when we dug into the history of how the Children’s Health Insurance Program came to be. The annals...