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Briefing - Paid Family and Medical Leave: Ensuring Economic Security for Workers, Employers and Communities
Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Hosted by the National Work and Family Coalition Demographic and labor force changes mean that, at some point, nearly all workers need to take time to deal with a serious personal or family illness, or to...
Homelessness in America: Experiences & Solutions in the 113th Congress
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
The National Center on Family Homelessness in conjunction with the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness and Senator Patty Murray invite you to a briefing:Homelessness in America: Experiences & Solutions in the 113th Congress. The briefing will feature:...
CHIP 101: Past, Present and Future
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
First Focus is pleased to cosponsor a lunch briefing entitled, CHIP 101: Past, Present and Future. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was established in 1997 to expand coverage for targeted low income children in families that...
Health and Public Benefits in Immigration Reform
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
First Focus is pleased to cosponsor a briefing on how immigration reform will impact children and other immigrants' access to health, nutrition, and public benefits. How does the Senate immigration bill deal with health and public...
Briefing: The State of Preschool 2012
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
You're invited to join the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and First Focus for a Briefing to discuss the findings of The State of Preschool 2012: State Preschool Yearbook. The report provides information on what is happening...
Rally for Immigration Reform
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
Join First Focus and advocates for immigrant families, civil rights, working families, and children in challenging Congress to deliver immigration reform that works for children and families. First Focus is committed to this important event, because...
Briefing - Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Restoring Discretion and Fairness to the Immigration System
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
Hosted by American Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Lawyers Association, First Focus, The Leadership Conference, National Immigration Law Center, Rights Working Group, and Women's Refugee Commission. The 1996 immigration laws stripped discretion from immigration judges and...
Briefing - Investing in the Future: Kids and the Federal Budget
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
You are invited to join Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and First Focus on Thursday, March 21, 2pm EDT, for a Congressional briefing,Investing in the Future: Kids and the Federal Budget. Over the coming months, Congress will...
SPARC Webinar – Finding What Works: Helping Young Adults Transition into Adulthood
You are invited to attend the March 19, 3:30pm EST webinar, “Finding What Works: Helping Young Adults Transition into Adulthood.” The webinar will be co-hosted by SPARC and Youth Villages, and will feature: Sarah Hurley, Director of Research,...
#WellnessWed TweetChat
First Focus, MomsRising, and Herndon Alliance are hosting/facilitating two Twitter events on Feb. 26 and March 6 that will shine a spotlight on the critical importance of the Affordable Care Act's Prevention Fund. This tweetchat will...