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06/28/2023

"Lead poisoning, regrettably, is still a critical public health crisis in Pennsylvania."

Scott Bohn, Executive Director of the PA Chiefs of Police Association, supports Senate Bill 514, that amends the just-enacted law to reinsert the requirement for blood lead test by 2 years of age so that prompt diagnosis and treatment, as well as the prevention of harm, are possible.

The bill includes a specific parental testing opt-out provision to mollify mandate concerns. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee recently passed the bill unanimously and it now awaits full Senate consideration.

Scott L. Bohn is executive director of Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. His column cites a study that shows a relationship between childhood lead poisoning and increased likelihood of bei…

05/30/2023

Low wages threaten early childhood care and swallow billions from the Pennsylvania economy, according to activist groups.

In a roundtable discussion Thursday, sponsored by Trying Together, Start Strong PA and the Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children (PennAEYC), lawmakers, child care workers and activists reviewed new data gathered by Start Strong PA and other organizations that exposes a deeply inefficient early child care system.

The discussion was hosted at LOLAs Early Care and Education Center in Center Township in a classroom the center had to shutter due to lack of staffing.

Low wages threaten early childhood care and swallow billions from the Pennsylvania economy, according to activist groups.

02/24/2023

We're hoping Governor Shapiro prioritizes high-quality early care and education in his proposed !

02/17/2023

Voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to promote family economic self-sufficiency!

02/14/2023

Nothing says “I Love You” more than safely removing all the toxic lead out of PA homes to protect our children. Join the to demand our policymakers take action.

https://paleadfree.org/

01/24/2023

Together, we can help make sure !

Thank Congress for Investments in Child Care and Early Education! - https://mailchi.mp/420d45ca2330/thank-congress-for-investments-in-child-care-and-early-education

01/18/2023

Let’s make child care and pre-k a priority from the start of the Shapiro administration!

01/09/2023

Thank you Sheriff of Philadelphia Rochelle Bilal for lifting up the importance of high-quality early childhood education!

Praise for high-quality pre-kindergarten program

11/17/2022

Thank you Senator David G. Argall for reading to LVCC pre-K students!

11/17/2022

Thank you Sheriff of Philadelphia Rochelle Bilal for participating in an event celebrating the opening of a Pre-K classroom at Amazing Kidz Academy.

11/01/2022

Yesterday, Senator Scott Martin and Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams joined our State Director Bruce Clash for the ribbon cutting at the new Owl Hill Learning Center at Brecht Elementary School in the Manheim Township School District. Sen. Martin and his colleagues in the PA Legislature provided $79M in the state budget this year for Pre-K Counts and state Head Start Supplemental funding that made this classroom possible.

10/24/2022

It's National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.

In Pennsylvania, nearly 9,000 young children suffer from lead poisoning each year. It's time lawmakers take action.

No child should have any amount of detectable lead in their blood. legislators must act to protect our children.

Make your voice heard — Together, we can finally get the lead out of PA homes and stop poisoning our children. https://paleadfree.org/