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HIRING: Senior Director, Budget and Data Analytics
| May 7, 2021 |
First Focus on Children is seeking a full-time Director, Budget and Data Analytics to work closely with the First Focus staff and organizational partners …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
HIRING: Senior Director, Budget and Data Analytics
| May 7, 2021 |
First Focus on Children is seeking a full-time Director, Budget and Data Analytics to work closely with the First Focus staff and organizational partners …
Statement: SCOTUS decision on ACA will save kids’ lives
Michele Kayal | June 17, 2021 |
The Supreme Court’s decision to leave the Affordable Care Act intact literally saves the lives of 23 million Americans, including 3 million children. “We …
Watch: Child Care: It’s (not just) a Kids Issue | #ChildrensWeek2021
Michele Kayal | June 16, 2021 |
Child care and early learning offer critical developmental support to children, experts told a Children’s Week audience Wednesday, but they also provide vital infrastructure to the larger U.S. economy. “To think about child care as …
WATCH: Immigration: It’s a Kids Issue | #ChildrensWeek2021
Michele Kayal | June 15, 2021 |
Advocates and experts today turned a spotlight on children of immigrants and children who are themselves immigrants, and why they need Congress to create …
WATCH: The American Families Plan: What does it mean for kids? | #ChildrensWeek2021
Michele Kayal | June 14, 2021 |
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today urged viewers during the first event of Children’s Week 2021 to “be a voice for children” by writing …
Children’s Week 2021
| June 9, 2021 |
Every Issue Is A Kids Issue Our fourth annual Children’s Week unfolds at a game-changing moment for our nation’s children, the kind of moment …
6 of the Biden Budget’s best kid proposals
Michele Kayal, First Focus Campaign for Children | June 4, 2021 |
President Biden’s FY 2022 budget proposes historic investments in our nation’s children. Many of these mirror proposals outlined in his American Families Plan and …
Statement: “Best interests of children” must govern policy
Michele Kayal | June 3, 2021 |
In response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s order to revoke the licenses of facilities serving unaccompanied minors, First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley …
Statement: Budget offers gains for children
Michele Kayal | May 28, 2021 |
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, released the following statement regarding President Biden’s budget proposal: “The budget released this afternoon by President …
State Department must do more to make foreign assistance for children transparent
Kathy Sacco | May 26, 2021 |
In Children’s Budget 2020, First Focus on Children sought to identify and categorize — for the first time — how much of the U.S. …
Statement: Thousands of children and families to benefit from Haiti Temporary Protective Status
Michele Kayal | May 24, 2021 |
In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will redesignate Temporary Protective Status for Haiti, First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley issued …
HIRING: Senior Director, Budget and Data Analytics
| May 7, 2021 |
First Focus on Children is seeking a full-time Director, Budget and Data Analytics to work closely with the First Focus staff and organizational partners …
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 …