Statement for the Record: Strengthen Medicaid with Rigorous Oversight of H.R. 1 Implementation
First Focus on Children joined two dozen organizations in urging the Senate Budget Committee to conduct rigorous oversight of...
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First Focus on Children joined two dozen organizations in urging the Senate Budget Committee to conduct rigorous oversight of...
First Focus on Children told the Senate Budget Committee that H.R. 1 is disrupting health care coverage for the...
First Focus on Children has urged the Texas Education Agency to revise implementation of state Senate Bill 12, which...
Re: Docket No. OMB-2026-0034 — Proposed Rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance” (91 Fed. Reg. 32,198, May 29, 2026),...
First Focus on Children joined the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children’s Defense Fund, and five other organizations in urging...
First Focus on Children offered comments to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlining changes required to make the 530A savings...
A total of 67 organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Families USA, Georgetown University Center for Children and...
First Focus on Children submitted a comment on proposed rulemaking regarding child care affordability to the Federal Register today...
First Focus on Children submitted the following comment today urging the Department of Education to protect early learning professionals from...