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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 …
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 …
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 …
What Congress can do about hunger & homelessness this holiday season
Cara Baldari, Olivia Gomez, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 22, 2021 |
Heading into Thanksgiving, the negative economic reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be strongest for families with children who were already struggling to …
On World Children’s Day, Has the US Made Progress on Children’s Rights?
Aubrey Edwards-Luce, Bruce Lesley, Conor Sasner, Kathy Sacco, Miriam Abaya, First Focus Campaign for Children | November 20, 2021 |
Today is World Children’s Day, first established by the United Nations in 1954 to celebrate children and commit to improving their well-being. World Children’s Day is …
Watch: Experts discuss how to achieve vaccine equity for kids
Averi Pakulis, Carrie Fitzgerald | November 18, 2021 |
First Focus on Children co-hosted a virtual Congressional briefing today to discuss how to achieve equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine for children and …
Advocates explain how tax credits can offer solutions for TAY
| November 10, 2021 |
Today, First Focus on Children co-hosted a briefing with Representative Danny K. Davis, (IL-7th District) on the economic obstacles that Transition-Age Youth (TAY) face …
Policy Brief: 10 Ways to Improve the Health Coverage of America’s Children
Elaine Dalpiaz, Olivia Gomez | November 10, 2021 |
While much progress has been made in health care coverage for children, there is still more to do to ensure that the more than …
Experts gather to explain why we need to cover all kids
| November 9, 2021 |
Bruce Lesley, President of First Focus on Children moderated a Congressional briefing today on the need to ensure that allchildren have access to health …
Fact Sheet: Medicaid — Cost-Effective Coverage that Works for Kids
Carrie Fitzgerald, Madalyn News | November 9, 2021 |
Medicaid is a public health insurance program, operated as a partnership between the federal government and the states, that provides health insurance coverage to …
2021 Children’s Budget shows largest year-to-year increase in the share of federal spending on kids
Michele Kayal | November 3, 2021 |
Sec. Xavier Becerra today reiterated the Biden Administration’s commitment to children, pointing to investments in child care, income supports, and the physical and behavioral …
Fact Sheet: Key Takeaways from Children’s Budget 2021
| November 3, 2021 |
First Focus on Children is proud to release the Children’s Budget Book 2021, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the share of spending allocated …
Children’s Budget 2021
| November 3, 2021 |
The 2021 Children’s Budget book, released on November 3rd, 2021, finds that COVID funding fueled the largest year-to-year increase in the share of federal …
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 …