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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Philadelphia, PA) – Please join ParentChild+’s own Malkia Singleton Ofori-Agyekum, PA State Director, on October 3rd (2:00 to 3:30pm EST) when she will be a featured panelist at the Women of Impact program hosted by the TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle. To learn more about our…

See ParentChild+’s Family Connection of Easton site during their 6-week Summer Book and Play Club by clicking here. ParentChild+ featured in Family Connection of Easton’s 2021 Fall Newsletter Checkout ParentChild+ as they are featured in Family Connection of Easton site’s 2020-2021 annual report, click here to read the…

Malkia Singleton Ofori-Agyekum believes that the messenger makes a difference. “You’re going to take what you hear from someone you don’t identify with versus a person you do identify with in a very different way,” she says. As the Pennsylvania state director of ParentChild+, an early literacy, school-readiness…

(Philly Voice) – Parents during the COVID-19 crisis are exhausted. They are struggling to stay safe and work essential jobs, while finding care for their children. They are struggling to maintain normalcy while working from home and juggling child care, home schooling and Zoom circle time. The burnout…

Action News on 6abc, 2/5/19 PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — One of the winners at the Super Bowl was Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long, who edged out 31 other nominees to win the league’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Long’s foundation supports the Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP),…

Press Release, 12/7/18  Donations will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicole Woodie, The Chris Long Foundation 786-863-7096 nicole@chrislongfoundation.org Teresa Tellekamp, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey 215-665-2435 ttellekamp@uwgpsnj.org PHILADELPHIA – December 7, 2018 – United Way of Greater…

  The benefits of a home visiting program in Ameesha Jackson’s North Philadelphia home were unexpected. For her, it was watching her Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP) rep’s lessons and educational materials bring her whole family closer together. For her 3-year-old son Amari, it was finding a new favorite…

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA September 2018 – The Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP), a leading school readiness organization focused on eliminating the achievement gap by ensuring that all parents have access to the knowledge, skills, and materials they need to build their children’s school readiness, is thrilled to announce the first…

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA July 2018 – The Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP), a leading school readiness organization focused on eliminating the achievement gap by ensuring that all parents have the knowledge, skills, and materials they need to build their children’s school readiness, is thrilled to announce a year one celebration…

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA June 2018 – The Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP), a leading school readiness organization focused on eliminating the achievement gap by ensuring that all parents have access to the knowledge, skills, and materials they need to build their children’s school readiness, is thrilled to announce the first…

Pennsylvania Parent-Child Home Program was featured in the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Newsletter for the wonderful work being done in the Sharswood neighborhood of Philadelphia. Please click here and turn to page 15 to read the full feature.

Twenty-five percent of home visitors with early childhood education nonprofit Parent-Child Home Program are former parents in the program. Pennsylvania chief Malkia Singleton Ofori-Agyekum shares some secrets. The pre-K readiness and parent engagement nonprofit isn’t completely new to Philadelphia: It had an operation here as recently as 2008…