Every issue is a children’s issue. First Focus on Children fights for the well-being of children in the U.S. and abroad by advocating on a wide range of policy issues including health care, budget and tax issues, poverty, education, nutrition, youth justice, children’s rights, international affairs and other areas.
First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley told the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government in testimony…
First Focus Campaign for Children expressed support for the Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act (S. 2077) in a…
First Focus Campaign for Children expressed support for the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025 (H.R. 2753) in…
First Focus on Children joined the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children’s Defense Fund, and five other organizations in urging…
In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe chats with Dr. Emil L. Cunningham and Eunice Na about the Pratt Free…
The state of our nation’s children is dire: homelessness is rising rapidly among infants and toddlers, child poverty has…
In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe sits down with award-winning filmmaker, author, and educator Suzie Hicks — also known…
A truth guide for the State of the Union address In advance of tomorrow’s State of the Union address,…
Being a child has never been easy in this country. But the weeks ahead may prove especially rough for…
Denying education hurts children, the country First Focus on Children told lawmakers today that Plyler v. Doe, the 1982…
Kristi Noem is out at the Department of Homeland Security, but thousands of children are in — inside DHS jails. “It…
Today’s markup must consider child nutrition at home and abroad The House Agriculture Committee will begin considering a bill…
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