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A Senate Majority Is Allowing Child Poverty to Nearly Double
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | January 6, 2022 |
Former Secretary Robert Reich asks a very important question: Why has America chosen to dramatically reduce poverty among the nation’s elderly but not among our children? …
What’s at stake for kids if Congress doesn’t pass Build Back Better
Aubrey Edwards-Luce, Averi Pakulis, Cara Baldari, Carrie Fitzgerald, Conor Sasner, Elaine Dalpiaz, Haley Winter, Kathy Sacco, Michelle Dallafior, Miriam Abaya, Olivia Gomez, First Focus Campaign for Children | December 22, 2021 |
As negotiations have stalled and the fate of the Build Back Better Act hangs in the balance, children stand to lose access to monthly …
Just in time for the holidays, Congress may slash benefits for struggling families
Tim Smith, First Focus Campaign for Children | December 9, 2021 |
Next week, millions of families will receive the last child tax credit payment of 2021. That we know for certain. But much else when …
Parents Want a Forward-Looking Children’s Agenda, Not Book Bans
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | December 5, 2021 |
There is no doubt that parents are frustrated, overwhelmed, and at wits’ end after nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and a rough …
What Congress can do about hunger & homelessness this holiday season
Cara Baldari, Olivia Gomez, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 22, 2021 |
Heading into Thanksgiving, the negative economic reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be strongest for families with children who were already struggling to …
On World Children’s Day, Has the US Made Progress on Children’s Rights?
Aubrey Edwards-Luce, Bruce Lesley, Conor Sasner, Kathy Sacco, Miriam Abaya, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 20, 2021 |
Today is World Children’s Day, first established by the United Nations in 1954 to celebrate children and commit to improving their well-being. World Children’s Day is …
Build Back Better package is part of a larger fight to end child poverty in America
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | October 26, 2021 |
For the first time in generations, we are on the precipice of making serious and long-term progress to reduce our stubbornly high rate of …
Why Paris Hilton and I were at the Capitol yesterday
Aubrey Edwards-Luce, First Focus Campaign for Children | October 21, 2021 |
You may have heard that Paris Hilton made a visit to Congress yesterday. Social media certainly stood up and paid attention when they heard …
Congress won’t cut kids out — if we do this…
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | October 15, 2021 |
Right now, Congress has the opportunity to cut child poverty, ensure more kids have access to health care, and save our struggling child care system. Some …
All you need to know about child poverty in one simple chart
Tim Smith, First Focus Campaign for Children | September 16, 2021 |
On Tuesday, U.S. Census Bureau released their annual report on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States, and, as usual, it …