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The Community Pulse Report for November and December 2020

December 14, 2020 at 2:43 pm

To be an effective force for positive change in people’s lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania, we must rely on more than compassion and empathy. At Allies for Children, the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the POISE Foundation, we look to data to drive our long-term strategic direction as well as our immediate response to the […]

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17 nonprofits receive grants to explore innovative education

September 1, 2020 at 12:05 pm

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Tomorrow campaign, part of Remake Learning, announced Tuesday that it was awarding 17 grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to nonprofit organizations in the Pittsburgh region to fund experimental ideas that pursue the future of learning. The grants, funded by the Grable Foundation, were the result of a question the Tomorrow campaign asked […]

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Allies for Children Urges Congress to Support Increased Funding for Kids’ Health and Education in COVID Relief Package

August 4, 2020 at 1:33 pm

The pandemic has made economic disparities between school districts and communities more visible than ever. Children in our most vulnerable communities continue to struggle as we all wait anxiously to hear what help will be available from the federal government. Late last week, Congress failed to reach a deal that would deliver much needed resources to […]

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First Look As School Districts in Allegheny County Plan to Resume Learning

July 28, 2020 at 3:09 pm

As the coronavirus continues to grip our nation, the question of what school will look like in the fall continues to dominate the conversation for parents, educators and the over 120,000 students who attend public schools in Allegheny County. School administrators and school directors are hard at work developing health and safety plans to guide […]

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General Assembly Finalizes Partial Budget, Full Year Funding for Schools

June 2, 2020 at 9:21 am

Late last week, in a bipartisan manner, the General Assembly finalized a $25.8 billion stopgap budget that will continue to fund most programs at their current levels until November 2020. After the November elections, legislators will return to Harrisburg to finalize a budget for the remainder of the fiscal year. The five-month, stopgap funding applies for Allies […]

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Allies for Children

Build Alliances

Just as a rope becomes stronger with each new strand, an advocacy network becomes more powerful with each new voice.

Health Policy

Connect all children in Allegheny County to quality healthcare and health promoting services

Education Policy

Ensure all children in Allegheny County have access to quality schools that are equitably and adequately funded and do not prevent daily attendance.

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