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Thursday February 18, 2010
Sign-on Today to Support and Stop Cuts to ECE Programs
The governor released his budget last Tuesday. ECE was not spared cuts this year!
Join us TODAY by adding your organization’s name to a letter to the General Assembly urging them to restore funding to Pre-K Counts and Head Start and reject the governor’s proposed cuts and seek their support for the governor’s proposal Child Care Works and Keystone STARS funding levels.
Please click here to sign-on to a letter to members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate urging them to invest in Early Childhood programs.
- Pre-K Counts was cut by $475,000
- Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program was cut by $784,000
- Child Care Works and Keystone STARS rely heavily on nearly $41.7 million in federal ARRA funding, which will go away after 2011.
Please click here to sign-on to a letter to members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate urging them to invest in Early Childhood programs.
Please add your organization's name to the list of endorsers TODAY!
We will accept names until close of business on Friday, February 19, 2010.
The Commonwealth’s children and families cannot wait for Pennsylvania’s economy to rebound.
About this E-Alert
In an effort to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date on what’s going on with children and families in our region, PCCY will, from time to time, issue an E-Alert on an issue that we need YOU to take action on!
We will: provide you with the information on the issues
We need YOU to: take the action step(s) that are listed
We hope that you will join us in helping to protect the lives and life chances of children and families in our region by doing something TODAY to help protect their tomorrows. However, if you would like to be removed from the e-mail list and receive no further updates, please send an e-mail to info@pccy.org.
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President: James Martin
Executive Director: Shelly D. Yanoff
Communications Director: Sid Holmes
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)
Seven Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Sixth Floor
Philadelphia, Pa 19103
Phone: 215-563-5848
Fax: 215-563-9442
Website: www.pccy.org
E-mail: info@pccy.org
Webmaster: Steven Fynes
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