Announcing the 2022 Champion for Children – Apr 6, 2022

The Celebration of the 2022 Children First “Champion for Children“ honoring Dalila Wilson-Scott, Executive VP and Chief Diversity Officer at Comcast Corporation and President, Comcast NBC Universal Foundation On the evening of Tuesday, May 10, 2022, we will shine a...

School Nurse and Counselor Resource Manual – Mar 10, 2022

More than 37,000 children and teens in the Greater Philadelphia area are uninsured. Yet the majority of them are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. Here’s the good news! Almost every child and teen qualifies for free or low-cost health insurance! School...

Naughty or Nice – Dec 23, 2021

  Santa is making his list and checking it twice.  Children First has some suggestions for Santa about who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. But, as always, there’s room for a Christmas miracle so folks on the naughty list have a few more days to change their...

Can You Put Children First On Your List? – Dec 22, 2021

  Can You Put Children First On Your List?   The Build Back Better Bill, the largest investment in children ever, is in jeopardy! Despite progress made possible by Children First and hundreds of other advocacy organizations, we must continue to push and push and...

Wow…We’ve Done A Lot Together! – Aug 13, 2021

  A Real Page-Turner Summer fun includes summertime reading. Your child in high school is most likely moaning over their reading list but for the rest of us, a juicy romance or crime story on the beach is an indulgence. (No judgment. Jackie Collins didn’t become...

Big News…Really BIG News – Aug 6, 2021

  PCCY Puts “Children First” Officially For 40 years, Public Citizens for Children and Youth has put children first. Now it’s official with our new name: Children First. This is more than a name change; it is a fitting and timely recognition that the...