Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Allegheny County should create a department dedicated to improving early childhood education and after-school programs, according to the report of a 25-member working group created in March by County Executive Rich Fitzgerald. The working group’s report, issued...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- A model lead-safe demolition ordinance — with clear instructions to wet down a structure before and during demolition to control the spread of dust — was unveiled Thursday as part of the ongoing effort to dramatically reduce children’s exposure...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette June 16th, 2019 Allegheny County students remain under-enrolled in career and technical education programs even though they can lead to rewarding, family-sustaining jobs that employers will be struggling to fill. That’s the main takeaway of a...
Trib Media June 1, 2019 Pennsylvania’s school districts are under strain. Inequity, underfunding and lack of urgency to invest the funding necessary to enact any real progress toward educational excellence is taking its toll on students, teachers, taxpayers and...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette March 4, 2019 More Allegheny County schools are feeding breakfast to students who qualify, putting many on track to meet Gov. Tom Wolf’s goal of providing breakfast to at least 60 percent of eligible students by...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Talk of dozens of efforts to help disadvantaged kids had gone on for an hour Thursday when a soft, Scottish-accented voice piped up. “Why don’t you just go ahead and create a strategic plan for Pittsburgh’s kids?”...
Kidsburgh – Martin Lorenzo couldn’t understand it. The food service director for Gateway School District knew more kids were eligible for the free breakfast program, but they weren’t taking advantage of hot meals provided in the high school cafeteria. The solution? Meet...
Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) – Over the summer, a coalition of ten Allegheny County organizations came together and has worked endlessly to introduce a voter referendum in the November election with the intent of funneling resources towards addressing early learning,...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – A proposal to increase property taxes by $25 on each $100,000 of assessed value to fund children’s programs in Allegheny County will appear on the Nov. 6 general election ballot. If voters approve the measure, the approximately...
Kidsburgh – A plan to raise $18 million in funding for the creation of the Allegheny County Children’s Fund is one step closer to reality. The Our Kids. Our Commitment. initiative collected nearly 63,499 signatures – 23,499 more than needed to be...
