Teresa Miller, acting secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services, is walking a tightrope this holiday season.
Funding for CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program that covers 178,000 children statewide — roughly 10,000 of them in Lancaster County — is running out and the program will have to shut down about the end of January 2018 unless Congress acts.
She wants to give families at least 30 days notice if that happens.
All children in Pennsylvania should have the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of race, ethnicity, or where they live, but the 2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children report released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows the commonwealth needs to deliver better results for kids.
Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expired Saturday, raising concerns about the future of the program, which covers more than 10,000 children in Lancaster County and roughly 9 million nationwide. State officials and local providers told LNP staff writer Heather Stauffer that the lapse won’t cause any immediate changes here, and expressed hope that the historically strong bipartisan public support for the program will result in quick restoration of funding.
Wednesday marked the day that the school district’s first 20 Pre-K students took their seats at West Pottsgrove Elementary School.
Pennsylvania school principals agree that enrolling children in quality pre-K programs gives them important tools for learning, according to a new report.
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