Health
Health care is critical for children’s growth and development. The federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid provide quality, affordable care for millions of children who would otherwise be uninsured. Thanks largely to CHIP, the rate of uninsurance among children has dropped to record lows, and First Focus is committed to protecting this success story.
Resources
Issue Brief: How Tax Credits Could Provide Transition-Age Youth Greater Financial Stability
Aubrey Edwards-Luce | January 21, 2022 |
Who are Transition-Age Youth? Transition-Age Youth (“TAY”) are teenagers and young adults between ages 16 and 24 who are making the transition to adulthood. …
Comments on Georgia’s Section 1332 Waiver
Carrie Fitzgerald, Olivia Gomez | January 7, 2022 |
First Focus on Children submitted the following comment to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …
What’s at stake for kids if Congress doesn’t pass Build Back Better
Aubrey Edwards-Luce, Averi Pakulis, Cara Baldari, Carrie Fitzgerald, Conor Sasner, Elaine Dalpiaz, Haley Winter, Kathy Sacco, Michelle Dallafior, Miriam Abaya, Olivia Gomez, First Focus Campaign for Children | December 22, 2021 |
As negotiations have stalled and the fate of the Build Back Better Act hangs in the balance, children stand to lose access to monthly …
Policy Brief: Early Childhood Continuous Eligibility
Madalyn News | December 21, 2021 |
Background Children are the future of our country’s economy and success, and their healthy development is essential for our country’s development. Providing children with …
What Congress can do about hunger & homelessness this holiday season
Cara Baldari, Olivia Gomez, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 22, 2021 |
Heading into Thanksgiving, the negative economic reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be strongest for families with children who were already struggling to …
Watch: Experts discuss how to achieve vaccine equity for kids
Averi Pakulis, Carrie Fitzgerald | November 18, 2021 |
First Focus on Children co-hosted a virtual Congressional briefing today to discuss how to achieve equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine for children and …
Policy Brief: 10 Ways to Improve the Health Coverage of America’s Children
Elaine Dalpiaz, Olivia Gomez | November 10, 2021 |
While much progress has been made in health care coverage for children, there is still more to do to ensure that the more than …
Fact Sheet: Medicaid — Cost-Effective Coverage that Works for Kids
Carrie Fitzgerald, Madalyn News | November 9, 2021 |
Medicaid is a public health insurance program, operated as a partnership between the federal government and the states, that provides health insurance coverage to …
Statement: CDC vaccine approval opens doors to our school-age children
Michele Kayal | November 2, 2021 |
In response to tonight’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, First …
Statement: White House plan key to getting shots in little arms
Michele Kayal | October 26, 2021 |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines advisory committee today recommended the authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11. In …