Report Says Nearly 1 in 3 Kids in Bucks County Rely on Medicaid. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Has Voted to Take Health Care Away from Them

A new report underscores the vulnerability of children’s health in Bucks County and across the state as looming, draconian cuts to Medicaid and SNAP have gained the support of Republican lawmakers, including Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.  According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count Data Book, released on Monday, Pennsylvania ranks 20th in the country for […]

PA ranks 20th in children’s well-being, despite health challenges

Pennsylvania ranks 20th in the nation for overall child well-being, in the new 2025 Kids Count Data Book. The Annie E. Casey Foundation report ranks states on how kids are doing in terms of economic well-being, education, health and more. Kari King, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, said despite the state’s rank of 20th for […]

Pennsylvania’s surging childcare costs

Childcare is becoming so expensive that some Pennsylvania parents have quit jobs or left the workforce entirely to care for their children. Driving the news: The average cost of center-based daycare in Pennsylvania in 2021 was $11,346, amounting to 10 percent of a married couple’s median income, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. […]

Pa. advocates call for education spending alongside release of ‘Kids Count’ report

The annual Kids Count examines children’s health, economic security and education. The latest edition, released Wednesday, confirmed what many educators, parents and child advocates already knew: The COVID-19 pandemic set back learning among the Commonwealth’s kids. “The long term impacts of the pandemic are not going to be one-time,” said Kari King, president and CEO of Pennsylvania […]

Anxiety, depression diagnoses spiked for Pa. kids during pandemic | Thursday Morning Coffee

It’s already well-established that the massive societal disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic took a huge toll on the mental health of America’s young people. New research by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (h/t Axios Philadelphia) shows that the Keystone State’s children were diagnosed with anxiety and depression at a rate that slightly outpaced the national average. Thirteen percent of Pennsylvania’s […]

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