Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children releases 14th annual child welfare report HARRISBURG (January 17, 2024) – Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children today released its 14th annual State of Child Welfare report, highlighting several gaps in the child welfare system and recommendations on how it can be strengthened. The report features critical data on abuse and neglect, the […]
State Of Child Welfare Report Highlights Stresses Placed on Pennsylvania’s Under-Resourced Child Welfare System
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children released its 13th annual State of Child Welfare report, highlighting several gaps in the child welfare system as well as recommendations on how it can be strengthened. The report features critical data on abuse and neglect, the foster care system, removal reasons, congregate care reduction, transition age youth, and racial disparity […]
Pa. State-of-Child Welfare report on Smart Talk
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on everyone, but especially on vulnerable children. The Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children annual State of Child Welfare Report showed declines in the number of child abuse or neglect reports and children in the foster care system. However, the numbers are from 2020 during the height of the […]
Lancaster County child abuse, neglect reports down but confirmed cases up
Child abuse and neglect cases declined 28% in Lancaster County in 2020, but the number of substantiated cases reached the highest level in five years, according to a new Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children report. In 2020, 14.1% of the cases investigated were substantiated in Lancaster County. In 2019, the substantiation rate was 9.2%. “You had […]
Report paints uncertain picture of Pa. child welfare system in pandemic | Wednesday Morning Coffee
A new report paints an uncertain picture for children, families and Pennsylvania’s child welfare system amid the COVID-19 pandemic, finding declines in child protective service reports and the number of children served in the state’s foster care system. The report makes a number of recommendations to policymakers across a wide variety of program areas. But […]
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Medicaid provides health insurance to PA children living in families with lower incomes, offering them the preventive care they need to thrive. @RepJohnJoyce, did you know that 46% of all children (or more than 77,000 children) in your district rely on #Medicaid and CHIP?
Medicaid provides health insurance to PA children living in families with lower incomes, offering them the preventive care they need to thrive.
Cuts to #Medicaid would threaten this vital system of care when families can least afford it. Congress should not make reckless cuts.
Medicaid provides health insurance to PA children living in families with lower incomes, offering them the preventive care they need to thrive.
Cuts to #Medicaid would threaten this vital system of care when families can least afford it. Congress should not make reckless cuts.
Medicaid provides health insurance to nearly all Pennsylvania children in foster care and those aging out of foster care. @RepSmucker, did you know that 38% of all children (or more than 69,000 children) in your district rely on Medicaid and CHIP?
Medicaid provides health insurance to nearly all PA children in foster care and those aging out of foster care. #Medicaid meets the unique needs of youth in foster care, providing benefits to treat physical health issues, chronic conditions & behavioral and mental health care.
Medicaid provides health insurance to nearly all PA children in foster care and those aging out of foster care. #Medicaid meets the unique needs of youth in foster care, providing benefits to treat physical health issues, chronic conditions & behavioral and mental health care.