Events

First Focus, in conjunction with the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and The Children's Partnership, sponsored a Congressional Briefing on "Fixing the Kid Glitch: Treasury Regulations...

The Coalition for Access and Opportunity invites you to join Stan Dorn, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, and Claudia Page, Co-Director of Social Interest Solutions, to learn about the remarkable opportunities for state health and human service integration under...

First Focus, in conjunction with Representative Rosa DeLauro and the Foundation for Child Development, hosted a Congressional briefing on "Living on the Edge: America's Low-Earning Families" One in three working families today find that employment does...

First Focus hosted the third national Children’s Budget Summit on July 21, 2011 to galvanize children's advocates, the media, Members of Congress, and the public to protect the best interests of children as our nation finds solutions to...

The start of the summer marks the beginning of the harvest season for more than 400,000 children in America’s fields. Join us as we explore the plight of farmworker children and discuss what we can do...

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) will chair the first-ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act Tuesday, June 28th, at 10:00 am ET. The hearing will be in room 226, of the Dirksen Senate Office...

How is it possible to protect children while also cutting public spending? As the U.S. makes difficult decisions on how to reduce our deficit, the approach taken by the UK government over the past year offers...

First Focus, in conjunction with the Congressional Tri-Caucus, Representative Judy Chu and the Foundation for Child Development, held a Congressional Briefing on March 3, 2011. Entitled “Children in Immigrant Families: Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child in...

The Congressional Children’s Health Care Caucus Co-Chairs Reichert and Castor invite you to attend a briefing in coordination with The National Association of Children’s Hospitals, First Focus and Georgetown Center on Children and Families. Whether you...

The 112th Congress presents a challenging political landscape for advocates concerned about reducing poverty. With deficit reduction dominating the conversation, several proposals have already been set forth to slash critical services helping those struggling the most...