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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 …
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 …
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 …
All you need to know about child poverty in one simple chart
Tim Smith, First Focus Campaign for Children | September 16, 2021 |
On Tuesday, U.S. Census Bureau released their annual report on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States, and, as usual, it …
Health insurance for children drops for fourth year in a row
Michele Kayal | September 14, 2021 |
Data released today show the number of U.S. children without health insurance rose in 2020 for the fourth year in a row as the coronavirus …
Child poverty soars during pandemic, but aid to families blunted the impact
Michele Kayal | September 14, 2021 |
The child poverty rate climbed above 16% in 2020 — a more than 10% increase over 2019 — according to figures released today, but stimulus …
Fact Sheet: LIFT the BAR Act
Aileen Wang, First Focus Campaign for Children, Madalyn News | September 8, 2021 |
Children of immigrants and immigrant children make up one-quarter of all U.S. kids and represent the fastest growing group of children in America. Despite …
70 organizations protest Texas order that endangers immigrant children
Michele Kayal | August 30, 2021 |
Gov. Abbott’s order takes effect tomorrow WASHINGTON, August 30, 2021 — Seventy organizations from Texas and around the country have urged Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw …
70 Child Advocacy Organizations Call on Texas Governor to Protect Migrant Children
Miriam Abaya, Patrick Bresette | August 30, 2021 |
As child advocacy organizations, our north star is the safety and well-being of children. We believe that every child should be cared for in …
Joint Letter: Urge Governor Abbott to Protect Children in Texas
Childrens Defense Fund Texas, First Focus on Children | August 27, 2021 |
Led by First Focus on Children and Children’s Defense Fund Texas, 70 organizations sent the following letter urging Texas Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw …
What’s next for the largest unvaxxed population (kids)?
Averi Pakulis, Conor Sasner, Tim Smith | August 25, 2021 |
Like many of you, we have been watching in dismay as children’s health is politicized by adults. Just as kids begin to head back …
Including Youth Voices in Our Democracy
Adrianna Zhang, Jonathan Todres | August 24, 2021 |
There is absolutely no downside to hearing from young people, unless we’re afraid of what they’ll tell us.
Letter: Let states know public charge rule no longer in effect
| August 24, 2021 |
First Focus on Children sent the following letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging him to issue an informational bulletin informing states that …
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 …