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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. …
Statement: 5th Child Dies in the Custody of the Federal Government
Michele Kayal | May 20, 2019 |
Today’s tragic news of the death of another child while in the custody of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must deliver …
Millions of children at risk if government changes poverty measure
Cara Baldari, Rachel Merker | May 13, 2019 |
Millions of children could lose access to healthcare, nutritious food, early childhood education, heating assistance and other critical resources if the government enacts new …
Fact Sheet: Babies in the Budget
Rachel Merker | May 8, 2019 |
Federal spending on Infants and Toddlers in Fiscal Year 2019 Infants and Toddlers represent 3.7 percent of the population, but what is their share …
You’re Invited: Implementing A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty
Cara Baldari | April 16, 2019 |
In response to a mandate from Congress, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently published a landmark study, A Roadmap to Reducing …
Fact Sheet: Impact of the President’s 2020 Budget on Housing
Cara Baldari | April 16, 2019 |
On March 11, President Trump presented his budget request for fiscal year 2020 (FY20) to Congress, outlining his spending priorities for the coming year. …
Fact Sheet: Impact of the President’s 2020 Budget on Income Support
Cara Baldari | April 16, 2019 |
On March 11, President Trump presented his budget request for fiscal year 2020 (FY20) to Congress, outlining his spending priorities for the coming year. …
Fact Sheet: Impact of the President’s 2020 Budget on K-12 Education
Drew Aherne | April 16, 2019 |
On March 11, President Trump released his Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) budget request outlining his spending priorities for the coming year. The president’s …
Fact Sheet: Impact of the President’s 2020 Budget on Child Nutrition Assistance
Rachel Merker | April 16, 2019 |
The President’s Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20) budget includes several harmful proposals that would drastically cut and restructure domestic food assistance programs that serve …
What are the Roadmaps to Cutting Child Poverty in Half in Your State?
Cara Baldari, Rachel Merker | April 8, 2019 |
On February 28, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) released a consensus study, A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, which has …
The President’s Budget Threatens the Health of Our Children
Carrie Fitzgerald | April 3, 2019 |
President Trump’s budget proposal doesn’t contain a lot of surprises when it comes to children’s health coverage. We have seen much of it before: …
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 …