Please join PCCY and more than 40 organizations for the launch of the Fair School Funding campaign. Over the next two years, this campaign will work to ensure that schools across Pennsylvania receive predictable, equitable and adequate state funding. The campaign launch will begin with a press conference at 12:30pm in the Main Rotunda of […]
2015 Picasso Project Grant Application Support: A school or community representative for each proposed project must attend a Grant Support Workshop or Conference Call before applying. Click here to see the Picasso Project How To Apply Page for more information.
The first hearing of the Basic Education Funding Commission in our region will be held on October 16th in Montgomery County at 10:00 am. Can you come to the hearing and make sure Commission members know that the residents of this region are depending on them to propose a fair formula that meets the […]
2015 Picasso Project Grant Application Support: A school or community representative for each proposed project must attend a Grant Support Workshop or Conference Call before applying. Click here to see the Picasso Project How To Apply Page for more information. NOTE: This workshop is only for School District of Philadelphia Arts Teachers - District Arts […]
Delaware County students and taxpayers have sacrificed enough. The state is not paying its fair share. Rising property taxes and school budget cuts are not acceptable--help us change that. Join your neighbors for a community workshop: Delco Rising: Winning for Education Learn about Pre-K for PA and the Statewide Campaign for Fair Education Funding and […]
At PCCY, we advocate for better laws and policies to improve the lives and opportunities of our region’s children. But while we work for systemic change, many children urgently need help to meet their basics now. Child poverty has grown and charities, just like the many families they serve, are stretched thin. During this season […]
POSTPONED: Due to the impending snow storm, the anticipation of many school closures and out of an abundance of caution, PCCY has decided to postpone the Picasso Project Grants Award Ceremony that was scheduled for Tuesday, January 27th at the Moore College of Art and Design. The rescheduled date for Picasso awards ceremony will be […]
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Greg Redden, Regional President of Wells Fargo Bank, will be honored by Public Citizens for Children and Youth as the 2015 Public Citizen of the Year. In his role, Greg has been the driving force behind “READ By 4th!” a regional campaign to ensure that all children are reading at […]
Join others across Pennsylvania and take 5-10 minutes on May 14th to call our state legislators to tell them that Harrisburg’s top priority this year must be enacting a new system that provides adequate and fair funding for public schools. Our legislators must take politics out of school funding and distribute state funding to school […]
Implemented in 1992, hold harmless is the policy that school districts cannot receive less funding than they did the year prior. Shrinking districts have lost a total of 167,000 students—a fifth of their student body—since 1991–92. They now have $590 million tied to students they no longer educate. Growing districts have 204,000 more students today […]
You are invited to a Zoom webinar on Thursday, Apr 29, 2021 at 01:30 PM Eastern Time Topic: Child Care Provider Field Forums on Federal Stimulus Funding: MontCo Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vuCNWuQUTfihfnHYr6BByg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.