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.
Reviving family detention will hurt children
Michele Kayal | March 10, 2023 |
Advocate urges changes to the system instead On the recently reported news that the Biden Administration is considering reviving the policy of detention for …
Statement: Biden budget signals commitment to children
Michele Kayal | March 9, 2023 |
Congress must also support investments in children In response to President Biden’s release today of his FY 2024 budget proposal, First Focus on Children …
“Fast not Fair:” New report highlights how children seeking asylum are fast-tracked for deportation
Michele Kayal | March 7, 2023 |
Asylum practices specifically hurt children, report finds In a report released today, First Focus on Children and the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights …
5 ways the asylum ban punishes children
Michele Kayal | February 28, 2023 |
Kids will pay the price for system failures WASHINGTON, February 23, 2023 — The asylum ban proposed this week by the Biden Administration is likely to disqualify most migrants …
State of the Union signals plan to support America’s children
Michele Kayal | February 8, 2023 |
Child Tax Credit, mental health, child care among President’s prominent proposals In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, First Focus on Children President …
SOTU signals plan to support America’s children
Michele Kayal | February 8, 2023 |
Child Tax Credit, mental health, child care among President’s prominent proposals In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, First Focus on Children …
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 …