It’s official! Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Children First will celebrate our 45th anniversary by honoring Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as our 2025 Champion for Children! Children First will reflect on 45 years of #advocacy for children and families across #pennsylvania, including education funding, health insurance access, and more. tickets + #sponsorship info can be found at: https://lnkd.in/eJC9WmSx JOIN US!!!
Children First
民间和社会团体
Philadelphia，Pennsylvania 1,486 位关注者
Improving the lives of children through thoughtful and informed advocacy supported by direct service projects.
关于我们
Children First was founded over 40 years ago to help improve the lives of children by advocating on their behalf and by being a catalyst for positive change. We help to identify and educate the public about children’s needs, insisting that our children become a priority if we as a society, and they as our future, are to survive. Our goals have always been to increase the awareness of children’s needs; increase the resources for children and families; strengthen families and communities in helping children learn and grow and assure implementation of funding of public policies which promote stable children and families. While we educate and advocate on behalf of children across all issues, we undertake specific-focused efforts to improve the health of our children by maximizing access and availability of health care; improve child welfare by targeting efforts to strengthen families; improve the quality and quantity of child care programs; act earlier rather than later in developing, monitoring and disseminating information about in-home programs that work; and improve the chances for troubled and troubling adolescents by seeking out the causes and responses to truancy or delinquency by building alternative programming in communities and developing more and better after-school programs in neighborhoods
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https://www.childrenfirstPA.org
Children First的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 民间和社会团体
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Philadelphia，Pennsylvania
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1980
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990 Spring Garden St
Suite 200
US，Pennsylvania，Philadelphia，19123
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Join our Strong Minds, Bright Futures Partnership at 12 PM today! Together we are tackling the most urgent issues in youth mental health —expanding services, supporting families, and advancing solutions. Hear directly from parents, young people, and experts as they share challenges & innovative solutions. Don’t miss this critical conversation! Today at 12 PM Register now: https://lnkd.in/eMzmFyKY https://lnkd.in/emvvY-zE
At Noon (12pm) today! Don't miss it! Expanding mental health services, supporting families, and driving policy change—our upcoming webinar will dive into the most urgent issues in youth mental health. Hear directly from parents, young people, and experts as they discuss challenges and innovative solutions shaping the future of care. Join the conversation! Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 12:00 PM Register today: https://lnkd.in/eMzmFyKY
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Join our Early Childhood Education Policy Director Zaina Cahill for this discussion on “Getting Involved: Practical Advocay for Early Childhood Educators on March 19th!
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Join Zaina Cahill for?“Getting Involved: Practical Advocacy For Early Childhood Educators”?on?March 19th from 5:30- 6:30pm?presented by the?McNichol Early Childhood Education Lab. Zaina is the Early Childhood Education Policy Director at Children First and is an ECE peeps: This is an excellent resource for us as we embrace our role as advocates! This session will empower educators with the knowledge and tools to advocate for stronger policies, funding, and resources in early childhood education. Learn about key policies, develop a personalized action plan, and connect with advocacy networks to make a meaningful impact. Don't miss this opportunity to become a stronger voice for children’s education— Zaina Cahill @McNichol Early Childhood Education Lab Drexel University
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Join the conversation on youth mental health! If you're concerned about the youth mental health crisis, don’t miss the Strong Minds, Bright Futures: A Partnership for Child Mental Wellbeing Solutions to the Youth Mental Health Crisis Webinar. Hear from parents, youth & experts on urgent challenges & policy solutions. Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 12:00 PM ET | Live on Zoom Register today: https://lnkd.in/eMzmFyKY #YouthMentalHealth #StrongMindsBrightFutures #MentalHealthMatters #SolutionsForYouth #AccessToCare
Expanding mental health services, supporting families, and driving policy change—just a few of the critical topics we’ll cover at the Solutions to the Youth Mental Health Crisis webinar. Hear directly from parents, youth, and experts as they discuss urgent challenges and innovative solutions shaping the future of care. Join the conversation! Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 12:00 PM REGISTER TODAY https://lnkd.in/eMzmFyKY #YouthMentalHealth #StrongMindsBrightFutures #MentalHealthMatters #SolutionsForYouth #MentalHealthPolicy #ChildrenFirst #AccessToCare #EndTheCrisis #AdvocacyInAction #SupportYouth #MentalHealth #FutureOfCare #Pennsylvania #Therapy
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Today’s the day when children share handmade Valentine’s Day cards and treats with the grown-ups they love. Read this week's ThePoint to see if our great Commonwealth is returning their affection by providing them with important things that they love. https://lnkd.in/e5BsaKd7 #valentinesday #PA #PABudget #children #teens
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Hey Chester County, how are your kids faring? Children First will present the findings of the new report, "A Decade of Stalled Progress: Opportunity Stunted for Children in Chester County" and you're invited to learn all about it! https://lnkd.in/gNiB63jm State and local leaders and residents discuss the report recommendations in a “fireside chat” format, including: PA Representative Dan Williams (D-Chester) Laura Manion, MPA, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry George F. Fiore, Chester County Intermediate Unit Bill Wood, Avon Grove School Board Director Alma Vidal, Maternal and Child Health Consortium donna cooper, Children First Chester County parents and residents #childwelfare #childhealth #education
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HIRING: JUVENILE JUSTICE/CHILD WELFARE FELLOW Children First is seeking an outgoing individual with good organizational skills to support a 12-month effort focused on strengthening and expanding our statewide juvenile justice and child welfare advocacy efforts by supporting the organization of a series of convenings across the state of Pennsylvania for stakeholders, and the development of communications materials and proposed policy changes. https://lnkd.in/eYtea-6q Stefanie Arbutina
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RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY, FEB 21st! How are Delco kids faring? Have things changed in the last decade? Join us on our new date - Feb 21st - to find out. We're honored to have Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Dr. Monica Taylor, Superintendent Dan McGarry from Upper Darby School District and Frances Sheehan from the Delco Foundation as part of the discussion. Register here https://bit.ly/40KzoaQ. #childwelfare #childhealth #education
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PA is energized for the Eagles to win on Sunday and bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to Philadelphia. After Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget address this week, Pennsylvania is also gearing up for the FY26 budget season and fighting for a win for kids. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/evUCSZ7f #PABudget #children #education #childwelfare #earlylearning #childhealth #govshapiro
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Hey Montgomery County, how are you kids faring? Join us, Mary Gay Scanlon & Rep. Matt Bradford for our latest research on the status of children & teens over the past decade. Register here https://bit.ly/40KzoaQ. #childwelfare #childhealth #education MONTCO.Today
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