By Subject: Child Welfare | Early Childhood Education | Home Visiting | K-12 Education | Maternal and Child Health | Prenatal-to-Age-Three
Pennsylvania’s comprehensive early care and education system spans the formative years of a child, birth-to-age-5, and provides an opportunity to ensure our youngest citizens are starting out on the right track. This report takes a deeper look into the complexities within
Pennsylvania’s child care and pre-k system and makes recommendations on improvements that are necessary to ensure the system functions equitably and increases access and affordability for all families in the commonwealth.
Infant and Toddler EI is a program that provides services to children from birth to their third birthday who have a developmental delay or a high probability of having a developmental delay. Also referred to as Part C EI, these services aim to improve outcomes that are critical to a family’s ability to support their child’s health, optimal development, educational success, and lifelong well-being.
Since 2022, the Early Learning Pennsylvania coalition and the Thriving PA campaign have been proud to increase awareness of and foster policymaker support for Infant and Toddler Early Intervention (EI), also known as Part C EI. With a statewide advocacy workgroup convened for the first time, an initial goal was to receive and analyze EI related data from the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL). A formal request was submitted to the state in 2023 for both FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23 Infant and Toddler EI data, and to date, the workgroup has received and analyzed statewide and county-level data specific to the areas of fiscal, eligibility, and enrollment information.
Pennsylvania’s comprehensive early care and education system spans the formative years of a child, birth-to-age-5, and provides an opportunity to ensure our youngest citizens are starting out on the right track. The report shows more investments in the early care and education workforce are needed to give Pennsylvania children the foundation they need to succeed.
Infant and Toddler EI is a program that provides services to children from birth to 3 years who have a developmental delay or a high probability of having a developmental delay. Also referred to as Part C EI, these services aim to improve outcomes that are critical to a family’s ability to support their child’s health, optimal development, educational success, and lifelong well-being.
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🥕📚 Kids can't learn on an empty stomach.
SNAP helps eligible PA families afford nutritious food, supporting children's health, ability to focus, and success in school.
Protecting SNAP is an investment in PA kids and families. 💙
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💉 This National Immunization Awareness Month, we're highlighting an important development for PA kids: Pennsylvania plans to retain its current childhood vaccine schedule despite recent federal changes.
Routine immunizations are an important part of preventive care and help
🛒 When food costs compete with rent, utilities, child care & other expenses, SNAP can help eligible PA families put food on the table.
For children, that support can mean more consistent access to nutritious meals.
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💙 When parents lose Medicaid coverage, children can be at greater risk of losing coverage too, even when they're still eligible.
As PPC's Becky Ludwick told @KateGiammarise of @905wesa, new Medicaid changes could create barriers for families and put children's coverage at risk.