Halfway through the review, more than 1 million children nationwide have lost Medicaid over the past six months. While advocates hope to see kids transitioning to other forms of coverage, like CHIP, a September report from the Georgetown Center on Children and Families shows CHIP enrollment hasn’t kept pace, remaining relatively flat. But the fact that so many […]
Digging into the data | A look at child reunification rates in Adams County
Based on data in the State of the Child Welfare reports, for years Adams County has had a higher reunification rate when compared to the state and other similar counties. “Parents have the right to work toward reunification with their children,” said Rachael Miller, the Policy Director for Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. From 2011 to […]
Congress should pass Moms Act
Pennsylvania moms are facing a crisis. For far too long, too many mothers have died as a result of childbirth or pregnancy. The sad reality is that many of these deaths are preventable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021, a shocking 1,205 women died due to maternal causes nationally, a […]
Lack of child care, funding has wide impact
Early childhood education teachers need to have most of the skills to be primary school or secondary school teachers but get paid a fraction of what teachers make in public and private school districts. For day cares to pay teachers more, directors would have to pass along costs to parents and guardians who are already […]
Medicaid for all… children? Pennsylvania’s Sen. Bob Casey wants to make that a reality
Every child born in America would be automatically enrolled in Medicaid, the publicly funded health program for low-income families, under a new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate. Children are currently eligible for Medicaid if their family’s income is within 133% of the federal poverty rate, or about $39,900 a year for a family of […]
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Happy #WomensHistoryMonth. PPC is working to ensure that each woman and child can afford access to quality health care. Everyone, especially children and individuals during pregnancy into the postpartum period, should have health insurance and access to quality health care.
Watch live as the Senate Appropriations Committee holds its hearing with the PA Dept. of Human Services on the proposed #PABudget
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Proposed spending on the @PAHumanServices will be examined today as the Senate Appropriations Committee continues public hearings on Gov. Shapiro’s massive 2025-26 budget plan.
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