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.
Statement: Family Separation is Child Abuse
| June 19, 2018 |
In May, the Trump administration issued a zero-tolerance policy for families crossing the U.S. border. According to a recent report, 1,887 new children are …
Statement: Executive Order on Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility is Bad for Kids
| April 11, 2018 |
First Focus responded to the Executive Order, Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility, signed yesterday by President Trump, which would weaken public …
Statement: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018
| March 23, 2018 |
First Focus responded to today’s passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, which funds the government for the rest of Fiscal Year 2018 …
Work Requirements for Medicaid: Yet Another Threat to Children and Families
First Focus | January 11, 2018 |
Washington, D.C. – First Focus responded to today’s letter issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to State Medicaid Directors, allowing …
A Letter to Congress: Extend CHIP Now
| December 18, 2017 |
CHIP funding expired almost three months ago on September 30, 2017, and families across the country are receiving disenrollment notices. No family should feel …
Special Event: This Holiday Season, Do Right by Our Children and Fund CHIP Now
| December 17, 2017 |
Tuesday, December 19 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Kennedy Caucus Room, Russell Senate Office Building Room 325 In coordination with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), …
IN THE NEWS: This is the nightmare scenario for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Vox)
Bruce Lesley | October 27, 2017 |
From Vox: This was the worst-case scenario for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. In mid-September, I spoke with some prominent advocates, and they had …
In the News: Three weeks and counting: As Congress dithers on children’s health program, more states face crisis (LA Times)
Bruce Lesley | October 25, 2017 |
From the LA Times: Congress has hardly slathered itself with glory in its current session, but among its most shameful failures surely is its …
In the News: Roy Moore Once Compared Preschool To Nazi-Style Indoctrination
Bruce Lesley | October 12, 2017 |
From The Huffington Post: Many states and localities are looking to expand the availability of preschool, but Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore apparently believed …
White House Immigration Principles Violate Children’s Human Rights
Rricha Mathur | October 9, 2017 |
WASHINGTON—First Focus abhors the lasting harm to children that would result from the Trump Administration’s immigration principles, which were announced late Sunday night. “It’s …