Letters and Correspondences Resources
View more First Focus resources in the Letters and Correspondences category...
Resources
Comments: Proposed Information Collection on 2020 Census
Bruce Lesley | August 2, 2018 |
First Focus submitted this public comment letter on the Proposed Information Collection on 2020 Census, Docket No. USBC-201-0005. View the comments. Excerpt: Therefore, the inclusion …
Letter to Congress: Limiting Access to Housing Assistance Hurts Families and Children
| May 7, 2018 |
Access to housing assistance remains extremely limited—only one in four families who are eligible for rent assistance in the United States receive it. First …
First Focus Comment on Proposed SNAP Time Limit
| April 11, 2018 |
The US Department of Agriculture is considering changes to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) time limit rules for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents, …
Proposed topics and questions for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
| March 30, 2018 |
First Focus submitted the following comment with suggestions for the US Department of Agriculture’s topics and questions for the creation of the 2020 Dietary …
Letter: Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform
| February 23, 2018 |
Our nation is facing a number of enormous challenges – demographic changes due to a rapidly aging Baby Boomer generation and a declining share …
Letter to Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rricha Mathur | October 6, 2017 |
On October 4, 2017, First Focus sent a letter to Professor Philip Alton, of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. First …
Comments for National Academy of Sciences Information Gathering Session on Child Poverty
Cara Baldari | June 19, 2017 |
In preparation for the National Academy of Sciences information gathering session on their child poverty study, “Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of …
Top Children’s Groups Tell House Subcommittee on Health: Save and Extend CHIP
Carrie Fitzgerald, Lisa Shapiro | June 13, 2017 |
As the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health meets to discuss extending safety net health programs, First Focus and seven of the largest …
First Focus and 1200+ Groups Asks Congress to Save CHIP
Carrie Fitzgerald, Lisa Shapiro | June 12, 2017 |
More than 1,200 organizations from all 50 states today sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to protect the 8.9 million children who …
First Focus & Children’s Groups Urge Senate to Adopt “Jimmy Kimmel Test”
Carrie Fitzgerald, Lisa Shapiro | June 12, 2017 |
First Focus and seven of the largest national groups concerned about children’s health sent the following letter today to Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in …