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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
How does the U.S. rank on early childhood education? Hint: not well
Madeline Daniels (Former Staff) | September 2, 2015 |
The earliest years of a child’s life are the most critical in terms of their cognitive and emotional development, setting the stage for future learning …
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 …
Why Medicaid Matters: Adopting a Child With Special Health Care Needs
Morna Murray | April 25, 2018 |
In a continuing series on the personal impact that recent legislative and administrative proposals to restructure or severely reduce Medicaid health care will have …
It’s Time to End Child Poverty —Here’s How
Cara Baldari | April 18, 2018 |
A new report out of Washington University in St. Louis has found that the cost of child poverty to the U.S. economy was a …
The Serious Danger of Administrative Attacks Upon Medicaid
Morna Murray, Campaign for | April 17, 2018 |
While 2017 saw multiple legislative assaults upon the Affordable Care Act, and long-standing health care for highly vulnerable people through the Medicaid Program, these …
The House Farm Bill Draft Would Make It Harder for Families to Put Food on the Table
Rachel Merker, First Focus Campaign for Children | April 13, 2018 |
Yesterday, the House Agriculture committee introduced its draft of the 2018 Farm Bill. This major legislation authorizes the nation’s largest federal food assistance program—the Supplemental …
Our Kids, Our Future: Solutions to Child Poverty in the U.S.
| April 13, 2018 |
Child poverty remains high in the U.S., with nearly 1 in 5 children living in households below the poverty line. Children experience poverty at …
Statement: Executive Order on Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility is Bad for Kids
| April 11, 2018 |
First Focus responded to the Executive Order, Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility, signed yesterday by President Trump, which would weaken public …
First Focus Comment on Proposed SNAP Time Limit
| April 11, 2018 |
The US Department of Agriculture is considering changes to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) time limit rules for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents, …
Fact Sheet: Medicaid is Cost-Effective Coverage that Works for Kids
Carrie Fitzgerald | April 6, 2018 |
Medicaid is the largest insurer of children. Medicaid insures approximately 37 million children. An additional 8.9 million children are enrolled in the Children’s Health …
Fact Sheet: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018
First Focus | March 30, 2018 |
On March 23rd, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, an omnibus spending bill that funds the government for …
The March for Our Lives: From Sea to Shining Sea
Giselle Miranda | March 30, 2018 |
This is part two of First Focus’ March for Our Lives series. Check out part one. History was made this past Saturday as millions …
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 …