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.
Babies Face Chronic Underfunding by Lawmakers Just 1.67% of the federal budget goes to babies The federal government spends…
Just 8.43% of the federal budget goes toward children The share of federal spending on children has declined precipitously…
First Focus on Children joined more than 500 national, state, tribal, and local organizations in urging the Department of…
First Focus Campaign for Children is urging Democratic lawmakers to put children first as they develop the party’s health…
A budget is a clear picture of priorities: the projects a legislature decides to fund with finite state resources…
In December 2021, New York joined a small handful of states that have written a child poverty target into…
As a nation we can do so much better for young children and families
Children’s uninsurance is once again rising at a concerning rate: 6% of children do not have health insurance as…
Just 8.43% of the federal budget goes toward children The share of federal spending on children has declined precipitously…
Brief argues banning transgender, LGBTQ+-family children from universal pre-K is illegal, harmful to children First Focus on Children has filed an amicus…
Administration promotes dangerous anti-vaccine agenda President Trump’s executive order to overhaul the nation’s scientifically supported vaccine protocols endangers America’s…
Effort represents administration’s latest attack on children A Trump Administration proposal to overhaul Head Start would strip core standards…
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