Launched in 2024, Spotlight PA's Caregiving Initiative seeks to bolster statewide coverage of child care, maternal care, family care, and aging. • Spotlight PA

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Launched in 2024, Spotlight PA's Caregiving Initiative seeks to bolster statewide coverage of child care, maternal care, family care, and aging.

Houses on a street in central Pennsylvania.

Paint, pipes, and soil can expose Pa. children to lead. How to stay safe.

by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA

Lead is especially harmful to children because they are developing, so knowing potential exposure sources provides a first layer of protection.

A cluttered backyard.

Hoarding disorder can drive families and communities apart. Local support can help.

by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA

A van advertising changes to Medicare created by the Inflation Reduction Act sits outside the Heinz-Menaker Senior Center in Harrisburg.

Scammers can make the Medicare enrollment period treacherous. Here are ways to protect yourself.

by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA

State Rep. Gina Curry (D., Delaware) speaks at a 2023 news conference on maternal health.

Lawmakers pushed a slate of bills to improve maternal health care in Pa. Why some did — and didn’t — become law.

by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich (center)

Breaking rules intended to keep Pa.’s older adults safe is rarely met with state sanctions

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA

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