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Congress Must Protect TANF in debt ceiling talks
Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | May 16, 2023 |
Extensive research shows that tax credits and cash transfers influence positive parent-child interactions, improve child development outcomes, and have a bigger impact than any …
WATCH: Advocates Rally for #CareNotCuts
First Focus Campaign for Children | April 26, 2023 |
Faith leaders, service providers, and advocates joined members of Congress today in holding a rally and press conference opposing the House budget plan. The …
Recognizing Children in the Debate Over Education and Schools
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | March 31, 2023 |
As a child advocate, it is deeply frustrating to people in our community that issues of great importance to children, such as education, are …
While Many Politicians Are Focused on Book Bans, Kids Are Dying
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | March 30, 2023 |
Education is a children’s issue. Unfortunately, far too often, lawmakers ignore the needs, concerns, and best interests of children when making policy on education …
30 years after FMLA, children & families need more
Averi Pakulis, Cara Baldari, First Focus Campaign for Children | February 3, 2023 |
Thirty years ago, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which enabled some workers, for the …
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 (Former Staff), 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 …