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 and fellow advocates today urged leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee to extend to all…
First Focus Campaign for Children today delivered a letter of support for the Child Safety and Well-Being Act of…
First Focus on Children urged the House Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee to embrace policies that meaningfully support children…
First Focus Campaign For Children delivered a letter of support today to the sponsors of the Supporting Newborn Parents…
There is an imminent crisis facing the 16 million children and their families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition…
America’s children are being pushed in the wrong direction and down the wrong path. Every day, the distance between…
From Iran to Gaza to Ukraine to Sudan, children today are growing up amid the highest number of violent…
Over the next five weeks, Capitol Hill will be focusing on budget matters, and children’s issues are at stake…
“It delays all kinds of services,” said Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, a bipartisan policy advocacy…
Advocates urge Congress to stop the crisis First Focus on Children and fellow advocates are urging Congress to address…
As the House returned this week, First Focus on Children offered lawmakers innovative suggestions for using the tax code…
First Focus on Children’s Chad Bolt joins the MomsRising podcast to discuss how the Farm Bill and cuts to…
Jun 14 2026
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