Allies for Children

Do you know a K-12 remote learner who needs internet access? The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is launching a hotspot lending program for remote learners in Pittsburgh! After providing some general information to determine eligibility, parents, guardians or caregivers will be able to pick up a hotspot at a CLP branch location and borrow it through the rest of the school year. No library card required! Call CLP today at 412-622-3114 to see if you’re eligible!

We are looking forward to this event! Thanks WHAMglobal: Women's Health Activist Movement Global for the opportunity to participate on tomorrow afternoon’s panel!

Children shouldn't be without health insurance, especially during a public health crisis. Laura Stephany of Allies for Children discussed alarming data revealed in Georgetown University Center for Children and Families's new report with Public News Service: "We have now 128,000 children across the Commonwealth who are uninsured," Stephany said. "And our percentage of uninsured children also rose."... Stephany points out many families have lost health insurance along with parent's jobs, and efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act will mean more children will be without coverage. "Pennsylvania has been hit hard by the economic crisis," Stephany said. "And there is no national effort to inform newly unemployed families about their public coverage options."

Check out 90.5 WESA's coverage of a new report by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families showing we are heading in the wrong direction on children's health insurance. "We've seen a stunning reversal of progress in just the past three years," said Laura Stephany, health policy coordinator with Pittsburgh nonprofit Allies for Children, an organization focused on children's issues that advocates for all children to have health insurance. "Each year, from 2016 to 2019, we've seen coverage losses happen for children across the country, and also including PA, as a part of that trend," she said.

Join us for the PA WIC Stakeholders’ Collaborative Summit webinars Oct 14 & 15 - explore innovative best practices & strategies for #WIC services during the #CO...VID19 pandemic. Register here: https://www.whamglobal.org/wic-summit #WICinPA #womenshealth #infanthealth #childrenshealth Allies for Children Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children North Central PA WIC Program The Women, Infants & Children Program of Adams and Franklin Counties Delaware County Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) The Foundation for Delaware County Just Harvest Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians South Central Community Action Programs Maternal and Family Health Services Maternity Care Coalition Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) Community Legal Services of Philadelphia Pittsburgh Food Policy Council