By Subject: Child Welfare | Early Childhood Education | Home Visiting | K-12 Education | Maternal and Child Health | Prenatal-to-Age-Three
Every child should have health insurance and access to quality health care that is necessary for healthy development into adolescence and through adulthood. That care includes immunizations throughout childhood. Routine vaccinations for children are essential to keep them immune from life-threatening diseases before they are exposed. With the back-to-school season upon us, families should prioritize scheduling their children for well-child checkups so they are ready to learn.
The Childhood Begins at Home campaign released new fact sheets that show the number of young children and their families receiving publicly funded, evidence-based home visiting services statewide and in each county.
Children need access to nutrition for their growing bodies and minds to be healthy and develop as they should. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a critical component in ensuring infants and toddlers, as well as pregnant and postpartum mothers, have access to healthy nutrition. See WIC coverage rates statewide and at the county level.
This fact sheet outlines the findings and recommendations from the OCDEL Rate Study, emphasizing the need for increased investment and systematic updates to Pennsylvania’s Infant and Toddler Early Intervention (EI) program to address underfunding, workforce shortages, and rising service costs.
Pennsylvania’s county-level Infant and Toddler Early Intervention (EI) fact sheets highlight how Part C services are reaching children from birth to age three with developmental delays or a high likelihood of delay in communities across the commonwealth. Because a child’s brain develops most rapidly in the first five years, access to timely, local EI services is critical. These fact sheets provide a closer look at county data and impact, reinforcing that investing early leads to stronger outcomes for children, families, and communities well into the future.
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💙 September is #HungerActionMonth.
For Pennsylvania’s children, access to nutritious food is foundational to their health, development & ability to learn and thrive.
SNAP matters for children. It helps eligible families afford groceries and provides an important source of food
💙 September is #KinshipCareMonth in Pennsylvania!
We’re grateful to @GovernorShapiro for recognizing the grandparents, relatives, close family friends and other caregivers who step up when children cannot safely remain with their parents.
Kinship caregivers help children
It’s National Kinship Month, PA! Kinship caregivers are grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, adult siblings, and even family friends who make the selfless choice to take on parenting responsibilities when biological parents can't.
Happy Labor Day from PPC!
Today, we recognize Pennsylvania’s workers and families and the supports that help them succeed.
Affordable child care, quality early learning, health care and other essential supports help working parents provide for their families while giving kids a
🍎 SNAP cuts could have consequences beyond the grocery store.
Children who lose SNAP could also lose access to free school breakfast and lunch, according to a recent report from @PennCapitalStar.
Protecting SNAP helps ensure PA kids have reliable access to the food they need