With the end of the public-health emergency looming, a new report reveals millions of children in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are at risk of losing insurance, some for administrative reasons. More than half of Pennsylvania children are insured through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). They’ve been able to maintain stability in their coverage thanks to the continuous-coverage requirement from […]
Pa.’s number of uninsured children among nation’s highest
About 125,000 Pennsylvania children 18 and younger lacked health insurance in 2017, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
Georgetown University Report: Pa. Kids Not Seeing Gains in Health Coverage
Analysis shows 125,000 Pennsylvania children remain without health coverage HARRISBURG (November 29, 2018) – The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 276,000 children last year, the first significant increase in a decade, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. An estimated 3.9 million children were […]
Pennsylvania ranks in bottom half of per capita investments in high-quality pre-k
New report urges 2018 election candidates to support pre-k investments to improve PA’s economic competitiveness.
New PPC Report Finds Spending Impacts Student Performance in Rural Schools
State funding for public education impacts student achievement in rural Pennsylvania according to a report released by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children that looks at how spending levels in the state’s 260 rural school districts impacts student results on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessments (PSSAs).
