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Children First

Helping to ensure that all children have the opportunity to grow up healthy, well educated and well cared for.

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 i

nformation 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.

09/01/2026

We’re back to school with Priyanka Reyes-Kaura on KYW’s Bridging Philly. Listen in as she and Teach Plus PA’s Laura Boyce talk about the education state budget, cellphones in schools, 8th grade algebra, the teacher pipeline and more. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/bridging-philly-d2cd1/episodes/back-to-school-with-better-funding-the-hero-who-kicked-the-masked-man-in-center-city-ea094

KYW Newsradio Teach Plus Pennsylvania

08/28/2026

This school year, we packed our backpack with what every school needs. 🎒

08/26/2026

Is child care affordable? The short answer is no ➡️

08/24/2026

Over the next five years, Children First will advocate for policies that expand economic opportunity for PA families, creating pathways to financial stability and a stronger foundation for the next generation. Read our full strategic plan here https://childrenfirstpa.org/about/strategic-planning/

08/22/2026

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08/20/2026

Please join us in welcoming Natalie to the Children First team! 🎉
She brings hands-on experience — from researching mass incarceration & poverty as an undergrad to strengthening maternal health & youth-serving organizations through nonprofit management. Welcome Natalie!

08/19/2026

Research shows that the federal Head Start early childhood education program boosts graduation rates and strengthens families — so why is it being dismantled?

08/17/2026

Our next mission: Healthy Lives🩺
Improved health outcomes boost educational success, strengthen family systems, and drive economic stability. Over the next five years, we're advocating for policies that give every PA kid a healthy start. Read the full plan here https://childrenfirstpa.org/about/strategic-planning/

08/13/2026

Head Start is, once again, under attack by the Trump Administration. Since they failed to defund it last year, their new approach it to weaken the program so profoundly that it dies a death of 1,000 cuts. Join Children First in protecting Head Start! https://childrenfirstpa.org/news/statement-the-death-of-head-start-by-1000-cuts/

08/12/2026

Preschool pushout isn't about one child's behavior, it's the predictable result of underfunded programs, understaffed classrooms, and families left without support. Last week, Children First staff, advocates and parents testified before Philadelphia City Council, pushing for real solutions so every child can stay, learn, and thrive. To learn more, check out our newsletter: https://childrenfirstpa.org/news/8-7-26-enews/

Address

990 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA
19123

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+12155635848

Website

http://www.childrenfirstPA.org/

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