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 has urged the Texas Education Agency to revise implementation of state Senate Bill 12, which…
In a letter sent today to all members of Congress, First Focus Campaign for Children urged lawmakers to oppose…
First Focus on Children joined nearly 2,000 organizations in a letter opposing a proposed rule by the Office of…
Re: Docket No. OMB-2026-0034 — Proposed Rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance” (91 Fed. Reg. 32,198, May 29, 2026),…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe chats with Maria Davis-Pierre and Cheryl…
One year ago this month, President Trump signed into law the biggest cuts to Medicaid in U.S. history in…
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…
One helpful attribute of the Trump Administration: it often says the quiet part out loud. But not always. Flying…
Members of the House this week began carving up the Department of Education and doling out the spoils —…
When President Trump signed H.R. 1 into law last Fourth of July, analysts and experts knew that its nearly $1…
Bruce Lesley is the president of bipartisan advocacy organization First Focus on Children and said the order would deny…
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