First Focus has experts available to speak on the record on the issues that matter most to our children and families; including child abuse and neglect, early childhood, child rights, children of immigrants, education, health, housing, nutrition, and taxes.
Press Conference: The Threat of the Public Charge Rule to America’s Children
Kristen Torres, Michele Kayal | August 16, 2019 |
The Trump Administration’s public charge rule, published August 14, 2019, targets family-based immigration and specifically singles out children. First Focus on Children hosted a …
Press Release: First Focus on Children calls public charge rule “morally reprehensible, economically foolish”
Michele Kayal | August 12, 2019 |
Urges Congress to block funding The Trump Administration’s new public charge rule, finalized today despite historic public opposition, imposes sweeping changes on long-standing, bipartisan …
Proposed Changes to SNAP will Overwhelmingly Harm Children
Michele Kayal | July 23, 2019 |
Today, the Trump Administration has proposed yet another rule that will make it harder for families with children to put food on the table. …
Statement on Trump Administration’s Plan for Mass Immigration Arrests
Michele Kayal | July 12, 2019 |
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration reportedly plans to launch massive immigration raids over the weekend that specifically target children and families in major cities …
Press Release: SCOTUS decision on Census preserves the health, welfare and rights of millions of children
Michele Kayal | June 27, 2019 |
But Commerce Department must finalize forms on time to limit extent of undercount WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision to at least temporarily block …
Joint Statement with CLASP: Children and Youth Organizations Condemn Cuts to Educational and Recreational Services for Migrant Children
Michele Kayal | June 12, 2019 |
Today, more than 100 national, state, and local organizations that serve or advocate on behalf of children and youth joined together to condemn the …
Statement: CPAG Responds to OMB Proposal on New Poverty Calculation
Michele Kayal | May 24, 2019 |
The U.S. Child Poverty Action Group, a partnership of child advocates dedicated to ending child poverty, stands opposed to a recent proposal being explored …
Statement: 5th Child Dies in the Custody of the Federal Government
Michele Kayal | May 20, 2019 |
Today’s tragic news of the death of another child while in the custody of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must deliver …
Child Poverty Action Group Launches End Child Poverty U.S. Campaign
Jonny Yao | February 28, 2019 |
Setting a Child Poverty Target is the Way Forward to Ending the Crisis Washington, DC: Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine …
Statement: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Directly Harm Innocent Children
Simona Combi (Former Staff), Bruce Lesley | October 30, 2018 |
The Trump administration is considering an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the United States. This move would be both dangerous and unconstitutional …