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HARRISBURG, PA — The Department of Human Services (DHS) announced a new tool available on the department’s website designed to help essential workers connect with child-care providers that have been granted …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — One in 54 8-year-old children have been identified with autismording to an analysis of 2016 data published this week in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Principal partners of the Pre-K for PA and Start Strong PA advocacy campaigns called for swift action by PA policymakers to save the state’s child care system.
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ROYERSFORD, PA — All Spring-Ford School District children can now receive free grab and go lunches during the coronavirus shut down, reports Justin Heinze of Patch.
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WEST CHESTER, PA — Registration is now open for the 8th Annual Chester County Single Mothers’ Conference to be held Saturday, April 18th at Henderson High School in West Chester. Sponsored by Benchmark Federal Credit Union, …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Department of Human Services (DHS) this month released a bulletin with guidance and requirements for providers that wish to become a specialized child residential setting under the …
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MEDIA, PA — CASA Youth Advocates, Inc., today announced the launch of its Higher Ed Fund, a new resource for providing financial assistance to youth in Delaware and Chester counties’ …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf this week announced that another component of his Lead-Free Pennsylvania plan to address lead across the commonwealth was secured with a $1.74 million federal …
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EXTON, PA — Now in its seventeenth year, ‘Build a House…Build a Dream’ raises awareness of the home-building efforts of Habitat for Humanity in the local Delaware Valley. Fifth-grade students …
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that James Connor, 24, of West Chester, PA was sentenced to 300 months’ imprisonment and a lifetime of …
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