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Statement for the Record: Assessing 25 Years of the Child Tax Credit (1997-2022)

| July 25, 2023 |

Bruce Lesley submitted this testimony for the record to the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight to be included in the


Statement for the Record: Expanding Medicaid to DACA Recipients

| July 18, 2023 |

First Focus on Children joined the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Georgetown Center for Children and Families,


Testimony: Pass Reforms to Improve TANF

| March 31, 2023 |

First Focus on Children submitted this written statement to the House Ways & Means Committee in regard to the recent hearing Welfare is Broken:


Testimony: House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Free Speech: The Biden Administration’s Chilling of Parents’ Fundamental Rights”

| March 22, 2023 |

Today, First Focus on Children submitted the following statement for the record to members of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. Excerpt


Statement for the Record: Free Speech Under Attack — Book Bans and Academic Censorship

| April 12, 2022 |

Bruce Lesley submitted this testimony for the record to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties regarding


Comment on Child Nutrition Programs & Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium

| March 24, 2022 |

First Focus on Children submitted the following comment in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards for Milk,


Statement for the Record: Protecting Youth Mental Health

| March 1, 2022 |

First Focus submitted this statement for the record regarding the February 15, 2022 hearing on “Protecting Youth Mental Health” held by the U.S. Senate


Comment on the continuation of the Household Pulse Survey

| July 31, 2020 |

First Focus on Children submitted the following comment to the Office of Management and Budget. Excerpt: The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United States


Comment: Proposed change to National School Lunch & Breakfast Program would weaken school nutrition standards

| April 22, 2020 |

First Focus on Children submitted the following comments in strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Simplifying Meal Service and Monitoring Requirements


Comment: Considerations for Additional Measures of Poverty

| April 14, 2020 |

First Focus on Children submitted the following comments urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend or reopen the comment period on