Centre Co. Childcare Crisis Coalition

10/07/2026

The public can comment on the proposal until Tuesday.

09/20/2026

Help us do more great work for early childhood education!

When you join or rejoin PennAEYC you become part of an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children through the development and support of the early care and education professionals who guide them. Your membership includes membership with NAEYC, National Association for the Education...

09/11/2026

Yay Bill!!

08/27/2026

Families and providers are all struggling to meet the higher cost of childcare. Meanwhile, states are experimenting with their own fixes.

08/16/2026

Thanks, Eileen Wise

Everyone agrees child care in America is broken. Not everyone agrees on where to begin.

New research from Harvard economist Jeff Liebman points at raising educator wages as the best first step. He surveyed 1,001 Massachusetts mothers and found that 89% would use formal child care if they could afford it. Only about half currently do.

Raising educator pay would not make care more expensive. It would make more of it exist. Better pay brings educators into the field and keeps them there. More educators means more classrooms. More classrooms means more seats for the families locked out today.

Our President Sarah Siegel Muncey on what the findings mean, in this piece by Mara Kardas-Nelson and Katie Johnston at the Boston Globe 🔗 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/metro/massachusetts-childcare-harvard-study/

08/14/2026

We have a lot of PA Kiwanis friends attending the statewide meeting in Lancaster this weekend. If you're there stop by the Start Strong PA and Pre-K for PA table to say hello. Take a selfie with the Starkid post it and tag us!

Kiwanis Club of Easton, PA
Kiwanis Club of Bald Eagle and Nittany Valleys
Kiwanis Club - Lititz Area
Kiwanis Club Of Ambler PA
Kiwanis Club of Mill Hall, PA
Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Kiwanis
Pennsylvania Kiwanis Foundation

08/06/2026

Dr. Val Arkoosh, Pennsylvania's Secretary of the Department of Human Services, visited Strasburg, Lancaster County, to highlight the state's "Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program."