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Let’s ensure no child in the U.S. goes hungry and that every child has a safe and stable place to live
Cara Baldari, Olivia Gomez, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 15, 2022 |
This week marks Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, a time for action toward the goal of ensuring that no child in the U.S. goes …
Keeping up with progress: How the U.S. can follow the world’s lead on child poverty
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 7, 2022 |
The United States has historically had a higher level of child poverty than many other wealthy countries because we have failed to invest in …
120 lawmakers propelled record investment in children, new scorecard says
Michele Kayal, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 3, 2022 |
Scorecard for 117th ranks members’ commitment to children One-hundred-and-twenty members of Congress helped propel record investment in children this year, according to a new …
How Congress can reduce economic hardship & stabilize families now
Aubrey Edwards-Luce, Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | October 19, 2022 |
We learned recently that improvements to the Child Tax Credit enacted in 2021 through the American Rescue Plan Act nearly cut our child poverty …
Julie Beckett’s Legacy Lives On
Carrie Fitzgerald (Former Staff), First Focus Campaign for Children | June 10, 2022 |
The loss of Julie Beckett, who passed away on May 13th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was felt across the country. Individuals, families, current and …
Our Kids Need and Deserve Champions
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | June 2, 2022 |
First Focus Campaign for Children just released our 2021 Champions for Children Legislative Scorecard, which analyzed the sponsors of over 300 pieces of legislation …
A “perfect storm” for school staff shortages
Conor Sasner, First Focus Campaign for Children | May 19, 2022 |
Schools across the country face a burgeoning crisis, which was long-growing but exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. A recent report from the Economic Policy …
There Must be an “After Title 42” for Border Policy
Miriam Abaya, First Focus Campaign for Children | May 17, 2022 |
From the beginning, First Focus on Children has decried the cruelty of the Title 42 policy, a Trump Administration policy that misused a public …
Watch: Child poverty experts outline successful strategies
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | April 12, 2022 |
Earlier today, the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group, GRACE & End Child Poverty California campaign, and the First Focus Campaign for Children hosted a …
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? …