Resources
Resources
Undoing the Racist Legacy of Cash Assistance in the South: Reimagining TANF Using the “Black Women Best” Framework
Ali Zane, Ife Finch Floyd | August 31, 2022 |
This paper is part of First Focus on Children’s upcoming series Big Ideas 2022: The American South Forward This report was written before the …
Fact Sheet: Voters Strongly Support Making Investments in Our Children and Grandchildren
| June 30, 2022 |
After witnessing a gradual divestment in our nation’s children in recent years and seeing that the COVID global pandemic and economic recession negatively impacted …
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 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 …
Undoing the Racist Legacy of Cash Assistance in the South: Reimagining TANF Using the “Black Women Best” Framework
Ali Zane, Ife Finch Floyd | August 31, 2022 |
This paper is part of First Focus on Children’s upcoming series Big Ideas 2022: The American South Forward This report was written before the …
Fact Sheet: Voters Strongly Support Making Investments in Our Children and Grandchildren
| June 30, 2022 |
After witnessing a gradual divestment in our nation’s children in recent years and seeing that the COVID global pandemic and economic recession negatively impacted …
Statement:
Michele Kayal | September 28, 2022 |
In anticipation of today’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley issued the following statement: “Today’s …
U.S. Child Poverty in 2021
Cara Baldari | September 21, 2022 |
On September 13, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the United States saw the lowest child poverty rate on record, with 5.2% of …
CHIP, Medicaid kept children insured
Michele Kayal | September 21, 2022 |
Data released today show the number of U.S. children without health insurance declined for the first time in at least four years in 2021, …
It’s way too early to declare victory over child poverty
Cara Baldari, Michele Kayal | September 20, 2022 |
Child poverty in this country last year dropped to the lowest rate ever recorded and, according to new research, has declined by nearly 60% …
Joint Letter: Establish a children’s interagency coordinating council
| September 15, 2022 |
First Focus on Children — and over 40 other organizations working to improve the lives of children — sent the following letter to Secretary …
Issue Brief: Behavioral Health Parity For Children
Averi Pakulis, Elaine Dalpiaz, Olivia Gomez | September 14, 2022 |
What Is Behavioral Health Parity? Treating mental health conditions and substance use disorders as equivalent to other health conditions in insurance plans is what …
Child poverty drops to historic lows, Census reports
Michele Kayal | September 13, 2022 |
Decline proves “child poverty is a policy decision” U.S. child poverty dropped to the lowest rate ever recorded, according to government figures released today, …
CHIP, Medicaid changes to benefit millions of children
Michele Kayal | September 1, 2022 |
Administration proposal tackles core issues plaguing programs In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will streamline and standardize policies for Medicaid and …
DACA final rule affirms program is “right, legal, and a protection”
Michele Kayal | August 25, 2022 |
In response to the Biden Administration’s release of a final rule on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, First Focus on Children President Bruce …
Undoing the Racist Legacy of Cash Assistance in the South: Reimagining TANF Using the “Black Women Best” Framework
Ali Zane, Ife Finch Floyd | August 31, 2022 |
This paper is part of First Focus on Children’s upcoming series Big Ideas 2022: The American South Forward This report was written before the …
Fact Sheet: Voters Strongly Support Making Investments in Our Children and Grandchildren
| June 30, 2022 |
After witnessing a gradual divestment in our nation’s children in recent years and seeing that the COVID global pandemic and economic recession negatively impacted …
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 …