PCCY Analysis Governor Tom Wolf’s 2018 Budget Proposal A conservative down payment The Commonwealth’s 2.6 million children will be able to access more of the resources necessary to get a better start in life because of the funding priorities outlined in...
MAKING EVERY DOLLAR COUNT Judging by the sticker shock many families face when enrolling their child into high-quality pre-k, you would think the best of the best providers would be rolling in the dough. Well, they’re not. In fact, they’re barely getting by according...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation just released its 2015 Kids Count Data Book. Here are 5 takeaways about children in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Spread the word! Click on the social media icons at the top of the page to share with your networks.
About 140,000 children will be born in Pennsylvania this year, and they’ll be preschool age in 2018. Those young learners don’t get to delay pre-k until we can make it more available, so we need to get to work now to make sure it will be there when they need it. There...
Be a champion for children! Join PCCY in Philadelphia and Harrisburg throughout the months of May and June to advocate on behalf of our region’s children. Click on the events below to sign up. K-12 Education Action Days Thursday, May 21, 2015: Action Day in...
Three of the candidates list specific actions they would take to provide access to pre-k to all children in Philadelphia. Abraham: calls for mandatory pre-k by 2020 and would use $20 million in City funds to jump-start expansion and proposes a Universal Pre-K...
