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Political Stress: How to Manage It
Research shows the distress we feel around politics can harm our physical and mental health — and it’s only getting worse.
Karen Sandnes, LCSW
February 23, 2025
Karen Sandnes, LCSW
Breaking News: Head Start Survives Trump Administration Budget Proposal
May 2, 2025
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
Pennsylvania’s Inadequate Public Education Funding Takes Center Stage at Community Forum in Lower Bucks County
May 2, 2025
“If you read the news a lot last year, you might have seen that we made history with the largest state [funding] increase ever. However, it only filled 11 percent of the total gap in funding that our schools need,” said Children First’s Priyanka Reyes-Kaura.
Bucks County Opportunity Council Celebrates 18 Families Who with Public Assistance and Hard Work Won Their Wars on Poverty
April 30, 2025
BCOC’s Economic Self-sufficiency Program has now reached 420 families becoming financially independent since its inception.
OPINION: Abram Lucabaugh Was a Divisive Central Bucks Superintendent Praised by Moms for Liberty. He’s the Last Person Who Should Run Centennial School District
April 29, 2025
I was shocked that anyone would consider him a good choice, writes Centennial parent Nancy Pontius.
These Pennsylvania College and University Presidents Say the Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’ Endangers Higher Education
April 25, 2025
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
