Former governors Ed Rendell and Mark Schweiker stopped in Doylestown Wednesday to promote a statewide campaign to push for more high-quality pre-kindergarten education programs.
Pennsylvania ranks in bottom half of per capita investments in high-quality pre-k
New report urges 2018 election candidates to support pre-k investments to improve PA’s economic competitiveness.
Former state Sen. Kukovich urges voters to save CHIP
A former Westmoreland County lawmaker who sponsored the state law that became the model for the national Children’s Health Insurance Program is going on the offensive online to save the program.
CHIP gets a funding reprieve, but it’s only temporary
As lawmakers left Washington until January, a continuing resolution Congress passed this week would fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program — but only through March.
U.S. House passes bills to prop up CHIP through March; aid Lehigh Valley schools with displaced students
As lawmakers rushed off Capitol Hill for winter break, a pair of bills passed the U.S. House Thursday that include money to keep Pennsylvania’s state-run children’s health insurance program operating through March, as well as aid for Lehigh Valley schools that have taken in students displaced by the Puerto Rican hurricane.
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“Clearly, families are being over-reported to ChildLine and don’t require intrusion of the child welfare system,” said Carolyn Myers, director of communications for Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children via @PittsburghPG and @byjnanderson
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"There's an increasing number of kids going without health insurance or have lost health insurance over the past year," said Becky Ludwick, Vice President of Public Policy at Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children via @PNS_News @PrettyBlue73