Apr 29, 2016
Child Poverty
Local Communities Make Progress to Prevent Lead Poisoning: Experts Discuss Best Practices and Need For Federal Help
Washington – In the weeks following one of America’s largest public health infrastructure disasters in Flint, Mich., local communities...
Apr 28, 2016
Child Nutrition
Lujan Grisham Introduces Legislation To Provide Stable Funding For Food Banks
Los Alamos Daily Post 4/28/16 WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham introduced legislation to ensure stable and...
Apr 22, 2016
Child Nutrition
House Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 Puts Access to Children’s Food Programs at Risk
On April 22, 2016, the First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to members of the U.S. House...
Apr 21, 2016
Child Poverty
Strategic Messaging Report: Protecting Medicaid and Children’s Health
In July 2011, First Focus commissioned a study to find the most effective messaging strategies to protect Medicaid and...
Apr 21, 2016
Children's Health
Child Lead Poisoning: Preventable Harm
A Webinar co-sponsored by the Coalition on Human Needs, First Focus, Children’s Leadership Council, Partnership for America’s Children, and...
Mar 14, 2016
Child Poverty
No to H.R. 4722 and H.R. 4724
H.R. 4722 would deny millions children access to the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Currently, immigrant...
Mar 14, 2016
Child Poverty
Congressional Tri-Caucus to Host Parliamentarian Kate Green to Discuss Child Poverty Reduction
Washington — At the request of the Congressional Tri-Caucus, British Labour Party member Kate Green will discuss what the United...
Mar 08, 2016
Child Poverty
The 5 most important demographic trends impacting our children
Children are not faring well in America. Over the course of the current campaign cycle, eight million children will...
Mar 07, 2016
Child Poverty
Reducing Child Poverty: Transferable Themes from the United Kingdom
[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ujtr1RhiPjY?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen] First Focus and InclusionUS, in conjunction with the Congressional Tri-Caucus, held this briefing on...