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Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... challenges. For example, the average daily cost for full-time childcare is $62.95 per child. Not surprisingly, ... nontraditional hours when they most often need to work. To date, 93% of the mothers served have maintained stable employment and 50% have simultaneously worked full-time while enrolled in a certification/degree program. ...

Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
... care as well. Parents have adjusted to functioning as full-time employees, providing for the daily needs of their ... care, which costs more than housing if both parents work full-time and if more than one child is in day care. In ...

The Starting Line: Behind a Push by Foundations to Expand Access to Childcare in Their Cities

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... has backers among the early childhood development field, but it’s also seen as a tool for economic ... Great Learning program, recalled entering the childcare field. “One of the first things we did in that space was ...
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Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $8 Million from William Penn Foundation for Continued Relief Efforts Supporting Philadelphia Families

William Penn Foundation
Thursday, June 17, 2021

he William Penn Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit organizations focused on families’ basic needs and children’s education as Philadelphians continue to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... advanced payments will have an opportunity to claim the full credit they are owed by filing with the IRS beginning ... to $20,000 and will come from the City's General Fund. A full list of recipients can be found below. “For more than ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is convening the weeklong event for funders, national and state leaders, partners in ... grade-level reading movement. A major local sponsor of the event includes the William Penn Foundation, and the citywide ...
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Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019

A new pilot progam at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) made possible by a generous grant from the Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program™ integrates home visiting nurses into the pediatric primary care setting.