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Poverty and Child Neglect: What we Know and What we Need to Do
Shadi Houshyar (Former Staff) | January 27, 2014 |
This is the 4th in a series of First Focus blog posts commemorating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty and offering modern …
Can you guess the average age of homelessness in the United States?
Madeline Daniels (Former Staff), First Focus Campaign for Children | July 27, 2015 |
The average age of a homeless person in the United States is just 11-years-old, according to Alex Rosen, Manager of the Chapman Partnership Homeless …
Child Poverty and Homelessness Affect Education
Kevin Lindsey (Former Staff) | September 24, 2014 |
The past two weeks have brought data releases with encouraging news regarding child poverty and bad news regarding child homelessness. Both data releases have …
Children’s Budget 2015
First Focus | June 24, 2015 |
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children’s initiatives like education and child abuse and neglect prevention. They …
Six reasons why children benefit from a minimum wage increase
Olivia Tompkins | July 20, 2016 |
Children, unable to care for themselves, rely on their parents to provide basic necessities and to invest in their future. It is evident that …
Key Facts about the CHIP Program
Lisa Shapiro | August 30, 2017 |
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was enacted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. …
Big Ideas – Pioneering Change: Innovative Ideas for Children and Families
First Focus | March 11, 2015 |
The latest in our Big Ideas series, Pioneering Change: Innovative Ideas for Children and Families offers 14 ideas from leading lawmakers, children’s advocates, and policy …
Why Medicaid Matters: Adopting a Child With Special Health Care Needs
Morna Murray (Former Staff) | April 25, 2018 |
In a continuing series on the personal impact that recent legislative and administrative proposals to restructure or severely reduce Medicaid health care will have …
A Look Back at the UK Child Poverty Target: Transferable Themes for the United States
Natalie Branosky | April 7, 2015 |
Released with the Centre for Economic & Social InclusionUS and authored by Natalie Branosky and Jane Mansour, this report is a 14-year retrospective on …
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 …
Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
| January 30, 2023 |
First Focus on Children responded to a request for Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …
Fact Sheet: Who we are
| January 30, 2023 |
An introduction to First Focus on Children. Who We Are: First Focus on Children is a bipartisan advocacy organization working to make children the …
Comments on New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0
| January 28, 2023 |
First Focus on Children submitted the following comment to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …
Letter: Highlight children in the 2023 State of the Union
| January 27, 2023 |
First Focus on Children sent the following letter to President Biden encouraging him to highlight children in this year’s State of the Union Address. …
Fact Sheet: Border Policies that Protect and Support Children
Miriam Abaya | January 18, 2023 |
For several years, the demographic of those arriving at our border seeking safety has shifted to a greater proportion of children and families. These …
Biden border visit must ask: Is this good for the children?
Miriam Abaya | January 13, 2023 |
The New Year resets the clock for the Biden Administration to use the next two years to restore and expand our country’s asylum system …
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 …
Reunite Filipe — and Ensure Family Separation Never Happens Again
Miriam Abaya | December 14, 2022 |
The Trump Administration’s family separation policy is a stain on our nation’s history. As we have stated over and over again, it is a …
Letter: Prioritize food & nutrition security for Americans
| December 13, 2022 |
First Focus on Children and The Education Trust jointly sent the following letter to President Biden and Ambassador Susan Rice thanking them for convening …
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 …
First Focus #ProtectChildren and #ProtectFamilies Resource Center
| October 30, 2018 |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has a proposed rule in the Federal Register that drastically changes long-standing, bipartisan immigration policy determining eligibility for …
The President’s 2015 Budget
Jared Solomon (Former Staff) | March 19, 2014 |
This fact sheet analyzes how children fare in the discretionary portion of President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget, highlighting notable increases, cuts, and new …