Pa official visits Reading to celebrate child care funding increases in new state budget

Pa official visits Reading to celebrate child care funding increases in new state budget

Sitting low on a child-sized chair, Val Arkoosh spoke with a playful voice as she read the words in the book she held in her hands. The secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services relayed the tale of a family shopping for a Christmas tree — toting it home, putting it up in their house and decorating it with lights and ornaments. The handful of children sitting in front of her were rapt, hanging on her every word. One even stood up…