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New USDA guidelines would boost children’s health
Michele Kayal | February 3, 2023 |
Advocate applauds “long overdue” standards First Focus on Children applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its efforts to modernize federal nutrition standards for …
Title 42 “is not an immigration policy,” advocate says
Michele Kayal | December 21, 2022 |
Courts, Congress and Biden Administration must uphold U.S. tradition of welcome In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s continuation of the pandemic border restrictions known as …
Statement: Youngest children eligible for bivalent COVID-19
Michele Kayal | December 9, 2022 |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week authorized bivalent COVID-19 boosters from both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for use in children 6 months and older, making …
REPORT: Big Ideas 2023 offers fresh proposals for improving the health, safety and well-being of children
Michele Kayal | December 8, 2022 |
Today, First Focus on Children releases its 2023 edition of Big Ideas, an occasional series offering fresh proposals for improving the health, safety, and well-being …
SCOTUS could scuttle “gold standard” in child welfare
Michele Kayal | November 9, 2022 |
Indian Child Welfare Act prioritizes family reunification The case before the U.S. Supreme Court today challenging a 1978 law governing the welfare of Native …
Statement: SCOTUS case threatens more than children’s Medicaid benefits
Michele Kayal | November 8, 2022 |
Outcome could “strangle many federal programs that benefit children” In response to the case of Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana v. …
120 lawmakers propelled record investment in children, new scorecard says
Michele Kayal, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 3, 2022 |
Scorecard for 117th ranks members’ commitment to children One-hundred-and-twenty members of Congress helped propel record investment in children this year, according to a new …
Statement: Omicron booster efforts could leave children behind
Michele Kayal | October 14, 2022 |
Advocate urges “money and mechanisms” to help children access new shot In response to authorization by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that children as …
Fix to “family glitch” fulfills a decade of advocacy
Michele Kayal | October 11, 2022 |
The Biden Administration today eliminated the “family glitch” from the Affordable Care Act, a flaw that makes health insurance coverage unaffordable for roughly 5 …
DACA is “in best interests” of children, advocate says
Michele Kayal | October 6, 2022 |
Congress must create path to citizenshipCongress must create path to citizenship In response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ complex ruling on the …