Feb 14, 2024
Federal Budget & Tax
Speaking of Kids… A Conversation with Congress’s Top 2023 Champion for Children – Representative Suzanne Bonamici
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeart RADIO | Podcast Addict | Amazon Music | Deezer App | Player FM | PodChaser ↵ back to the Speaking Of Kids Homepage Show Notes In this...
Jan 16, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
Child and Youth Homelessness Continues to Increase — We Know What Works, Will Congress Act?
Child, youth, and family homelessness is up significantly over the last year, according to two separate sets of new...
Aug 02, 2023
Housing & Homelessness
Letter of Support: Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023
Today, First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to Senators Chris Van Hollen and Todd Young and Representatives...
Nov 15, 2022
Child Nutrition
Let’s ensure no child in the U.S. goes hungry and that every child has a safe and stable place to live
This week marks Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, a time for action toward the goal of ensuring that no...
May 18, 2022
Child Nutrition
Comment on proposed changes to the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey
First Focus on Children submitted the following comment to the Office of Management and Budget to stress the need...
Dec 16, 2021
Housing & Homelessness
Homeless youth bill would improve access to services and advance equity
First Focus Campaign for Children, SchoolHouse Connection, National Network for Youth, Family Promise, and Covenant House International applaud the...
Nov 22, 2021
Child Poverty
Policy Brief: Child, Youth, and Family Homelessness in the United States: Undercounted & Misunderstood
For the past year, 14-year-old Kyah has slept on the floor of a relative’s house, living out of a...
Nov 22, 2021
Children's Health
What Congress can do about hunger & homelessness this holiday season
Heading into Thanksgiving, the negative economic reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be strongest for families with children...
Sep 09, 2021
Child Poverty
Fact Sheet: LIFT the BAR Act
Children of immigrants and immigrant children make up one-quarter of all U.S. kids and represent the fastest-growing group of...