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BELL Project and System Breakdowns

5/15/2022

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BELL Project Addresses System Breakdowns to Support
​Working Parents in Shelter and Their Children
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A shelter liaison reached out to a BELL Project Early Childhood Education Specialist. The staff person was concerned. She needed assistance with a family enrollment issue that had just been shared with her. The parent had the following concerns:  
  • She had a job but may no longer be able to keep it due to childcare issues arising from unreceived subsidy payments. 
  • She tried to go through both the Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) and her worker at the welfare office, but neither were responding.  
  • She didn’t know what else to do. ​ ​

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Everyday Learning Play Spaces Engages Families

5/15/2022

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In their Own Words: Families and Staff with Everyday Learning Play Spaces! ​​

​PEC's Everyday Learning Play Spaces team has been working hard recently engaging with the staff and families at our current sites: Darlene Morris, Jane Addams Place, Families Forward Philadelphia, and Woodstock Family Center. We have received illustrative and rich feedback regarding what the staff and families would like to see our project accomplish.  

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Play and Learning Event for Parents Living in Temporary Housing

5/15/2022

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For Parents Living in Emergency and Permanent Supportive Housing: “Play and Learning: Fun for Families and the Developing Child!” ​

May 24th from 2:00 to 3:30 on Zoom 
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Register now for the first joint Meet & Greet from the BELL Project and Everyday Learning Play Spaces! We will be playing games to discover how learning through play is fun and beneficial for both children and adults. There will be gift card giveaways! 

This online event is designed for parents staying in emergency, transitional, and permanent supportive housing. Come for a fun time and leave with ideas and strategies on how to integrate learning through play into all aspects of your family’s life! Staff from housing programs and early childhood education programs are also welcome. ​
Register Now!
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Map Shows Child Care Works Program Use by Legislative District

5/15/2022

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Every Child Deserves Quality Childcare, But Are They Receiving It?

The PA Partnerships for Children (PPC) posted interactive child care maps created for the Start Strong PA campaign that shows childcare availability by Congressional, PA House, PA Senate, School District, and County levels.

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Family Homelessness: Leadership from Candidates, Lawmakers

4/28/2022

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Children Cannot Wait Campaign Update: Leadership from PA Senator Vincent Hughes, and US Senate Candidates Malcolm Kenyatta and Conor Lamb

A trend that concerns the Children Cannot Wait Campaign is that from 2011 through 2019, the number of school-aged children experiencing homelessness in our commonwealth jumped from 28,000 to more than 40,000. A quarter of those are younger than school age. At this rate of growth, PEC estimates that Pennsylvania could identify more than 50,000 children and youth experiencing homelessness by 2026. ​

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True Stories from the Front Lines: Rental Assistance

3/30/2022

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Housing Challenges Facing Our Families

Jade and Mark (their names have been changed to protect their privacy) have three children and have been struggling to keep up with rent. They are both employed, but their hours were cut drastically due to the pandemic. They often went weeks without any income. As a result, they fell behind on their rent payments and were served a notice to vacate by their landlord in January.

PEC was able to pay their entire debt and work with their landlord to remove the threat of eviction. Since receiving rent assistance, Jade and Mark
went back to work. They are now able to move forward without fear of losing their home.

Upon exiting the program Jade said,
"Thank you so much. This is so appreciated. Everything is falling into place because of your continued help and my faith. Thank you.”   
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Children Cannot Wait: Discussion with Sen. Hughes

3/30/2022

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Children Cannot Wait Campaign Update:
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PEC participates in Roundtable Discussion with Senator Vincent Hughes

At PEC’s request, Senator Vincent Hughes held a ‘Roundtable Discussion’ with a panel of experts about the catastrophic surge in child and youth homelessness in Pennsylvania.  From 2011 through 2019, the number of school-aged children experiencing homelessness in our commonwealth jumped from 28,000 to more than 40,000. A quarter of those are younger than school age. At this rate of growth, PEC estimates that Pennsylvania could identify more than 50,000 children and youth experiencing homelessness by 2026. How can we stop this trend?  

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Take Action for our Youngest Children

3/30/2022

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Tell PA State Senators and House Members to Increase
​funding for Pre-K and Head Start!
  
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PEC urges you to contact your state legislators to support increases in funding for Head Start Supplemental and Pre-K Counts!  There are more than 9,300 children ages birth through five who experience homelessness in the Commonwealth, including some 2,600 children in Philadelphia. These children need high quality early learning programs that would help promote their development and help them to be ready for school. 
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Governor Wolf proposed a $60 million state funding increase for Pre-K Counts and a $30 million increase for Head Start Supplemental Assistance in the 2022-23 state budget, and now is the time to ask members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to support it or improve on it.   

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Building Early Links for Learning in Permanent Supportive Housing

3/14/2022

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PEC Launches Parent Ambassador Program in Permanent Supportive Housing ​

By Todd Hopkins
PEC BELL Project Early Childhood Coordinator

Yasimine, a Parent Ambassador for PEC’s BELL Project Permanent Supportive Housing Program (BELL-PSH), describes her experience as a resident in the system as inspirational. “In the beginning, it was pretty rough as though it was a new start for me. But as time went on, I grew and learned. The experience ultimately changed my life.” ​

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PEC Staff Participate in National Webinar

3/10/2022

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Joe Willard and Roz Edwards sit on Panel about
​Housing and Early Learning Collaborations

Join the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH) on March 16th at 12 pm for a panel discussion webinar— “Engaging Families + Supporting Children's Educational Needs in Shelter.” Practitioners will discuss program models that improve the lives of children experiencing homelessness and will get into the nuts and bolts of program development. Speakers and panelists include the authors of articles in the inaugural edition of ​Beyond Housing:   ​

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