Pittsburgh, PA, June 5, 2019 — Today, Allies for Children released the report, Career and Technical Education: A Snapshot of Career and Technical Education in Allegheny County. This report showcases career and technical education (CTE) in Allegheny County, while...
Pittsburgh, PA, May 31st, 2019 Allies for Children was proud to be one of 26 organizations providing comments for the Development of the FFY 2020 State Plan for the WIC Program. The sign-on letter focuses on three areas of...
Pittsburgh, PA, May 31st, 2019 This month, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget proposed changing how the Census Bureau’s Official Poverty Measure (“OPM”) is adjusted annually for inflation. The OPM is used to calculate the federal poverty level,...
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...
