Pittsburgh, PA, March 4, 2019— Allegheny County schools are on track to achieve Governor Wolf’s Blueprint 2020 goal for school breakfast participation. According to data released in Breakfast Basics 2019 Update, published by Allies for Children and Greater Pittsburgh...
Pittsburgh, PA (February 5, 2019)— Allies for Children thanks the Governor for his commitment to education and health programs benefiting children in Allegheny County and across the Commonwealth. However, to adequately meet the needs of our children, significant resources...
Pittsburgh, PA, January 30, 2019– Last month, the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children issued its Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts (“Action Plan”). This proposal lays out...
Pittsburgh, PA, March 5, 2018— March 5 marks the official start of school breakfast week. Throughout Allegheny County, ten school districts are exceeding Governor Wolf’s breakfast goal from Setting the Table: A Blueprint for a Hunger Free Pennsylvania, and five...
Pittsburgh, PA, February 6— Allies for Children is pleased to see education funding at the cornerstone of the Governor’s Budget Address for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 and we encourage the General Assembly to go above and beyond these levels to...
Yesterday, as part of a continuing resolution to end the government shutdown and to keep government funded, the House and Senate finally passed legislation extending CHIP for six years. While this is a huge relief to families of the...
Please join Allies for Children and Pennsylvania advocates TODAY to #SaveCHIP! The Children’s Health Insurance Program’s (CHIP) funding expired on September 30, and Congress has failed to take action to re-authorize the program, despite recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates...
This November, as Pennsylvania voters head to the polls, they will decide whether or not to increase the homestead/farmstead exclusion from 50 percent to 100 percent. First, what is the homestead/farmstead exclusion? In 1998, Pennsylvania amended their state constitution...
Today, Allies for Children Health Policy Director Erika Fricke announced she would be leaving the organization to join the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus to work on behalf of policy initiatives that strengthen the health and wellbeing of Pennsylvania families,...
Allies for Children is grateful that, in a bipartisan vote, the Senate rejected legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act—in full or in part. None of the bills proposed in the Senate or House would have taken steps to...
