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Poverty and Child Neglect: What we Know and What we Need to Do
Shadi Houshyar (Former Staff) | January 27, 2014 |
This is the 4th in a series of First Focus blog posts commemorating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty and offering modern …
Child Poverty and Homelessness Affect Education
Kevin Lindsey (Former Staff) | September 24, 2014 |
The past two weeks have brought data releases with encouraging news regarding child poverty and bad news regarding child homelessness. Both data releases have …
Children’s Budget 2015
First Focus | June 24, 2015 |
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children’s initiatives like education and child abuse and neglect prevention. They …
Can you guess the average age of homelessness in the United States?
Madeline Daniels (Former Staff), First Focus Campaign for Children | July 27, 2015 |
The average age of a homeless person in the United States is just 11-years-old, according to Alex Rosen, Manager of the Chapman Partnership Homeless …
A Letter to Congress: Extend CHIP Now
| December 18, 2017 |
CHIP funding expired almost three months ago on September 30, 2017, and families across the country are receiving disenrollment notices. No family should feel …
Big Ideas – Pioneering Change: Innovative Ideas for Children and Families
First Focus | March 11, 2015 |
The latest in our Big Ideas series, Pioneering Change: Innovative Ideas for Children and Families offers 14 ideas from leading lawmakers, children’s advocates, and policy …
Six reasons why children benefit from a minimum wage increase
Olivia Tompkins | July 20, 2016 |
Children, unable to care for themselves, rely on their parents to provide basic necessities and to invest in their future. It is evident that …
A Look Back at the UK Child Poverty Target: Transferable Themes for the United States
Natalie Branosky | April 7, 2015 |
Released with the Centre for Economic & Social InclusionUS and authored by Natalie Branosky and Jane Mansour, this report is a 14-year retrospective on …
The Racial Generation Gap and the Future for Our Children
Bruce Lesley | January 12, 2016 |
Children are not faring well in America. Over the course of the current campaign cycle, eight million children will be born in this country. …
Key Facts about the CHIP Program
Lisa Shapiro | August 30, 2017 |
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was enacted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. …
Child Nutrition Reauthorization Represents a Chance to End Summer Hunger
Rachel Merker, First Focus Campaign for Children | June 26, 2019 |
Summer vacation is supposed to be the highlight of a child’s year. But for far too many children in the U.S., it is the …
Coalition Letter: Opposition to the Proposal to Adjust the Official Poverty Measure
| June 24, 2019 |
More than 85 organizations joined us in sending a letter to Congress in opposition to the administration’s proposal to adjust the the Official Poverty …
Junk the Cadillac Tax
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | June 24, 2019 |
Our nation is not suffering from a condition of having too much insurance coverage. A recent series by Noah Levey in the Los Angeles Times highlights how the …
Putting the Spotlight on Child Poverty
Coalition on Human Needs | June 21, 2019 |
By Sarah Morrison The following guest blog was originally published on the Coalition on Human Needs site, and has been republished here with permission. …
Comment on the Consumer Inflation Measures Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
| June 21, 2019 |
Excerpt: First Focus on Children is a bipartisan advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions. …
#ChildrensWeek2019 Podlet: An Interview with Helen Blank
Averi Pakulis, Jonny Yao, Karen Howard, Michele Kayal | June 13, 2019 |
This year to highlight issues in advocacy for early education, our Averi Pakulis and Karen Howard sat down with Helen Blank, who has been …
Congress nearly doubled CCDBG funding last year. So why are advocates asking for more?
| June 13, 2019 |
By Jacob Stewart, MPP, Manager, Policy and Governmental Affairs, Child Care Aware of America In 2018, our national child care system scored big. The …
Joint Statement with CLASP: Children and Youth Organizations Condemn Cuts to Educational and Recreational Services for Migrant Children
Michele Kayal | June 12, 2019 |
Today, more than 100 national, state, and local organizations that serve or advocate on behalf of children and youth joined together to condemn the …
Joint Letter: Calling on the administration to maintain educational and recreational programming for minors in ORR facilities
| June 12, 2019 |
Excerpt: The undersigned organizations are writing to condemn the administration’s decision to suspend recreational and educational services for unaccompanied migrant children and youth in …
We’ve come a long way — now let’s keep kids covered
| June 11, 2019 |
When I worked in Iowa as a child health advocate I picked up the phone one day to find a pediatrician I’d never met …
First Focus #ProtectChildren and #ProtectFamilies Resource Center
| October 30, 2018 |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has a proposed rule in the Federal Register that drastically changes long-standing, bipartisan immigration policy determining eligibility for …
The President’s 2015 Budget
Jared Solomon (Former Staff) | March 19, 2014 |
This fact sheet analyzes how children fare in the discretionary portion of President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget, highlighting notable increases, cuts, and new …