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Big Ideas 2023
| December 8, 2022 |
Big Ideas 2023 delivers innovative solutions to issues such as child homelessness, education reform, economic justice, and children’s health care from scholars, advocates, and …
Children’s Budget 2022
| October 6, 2022 |
Children’s Budget 2022, released today, finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98% of the U.S. budget in …
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 …
The Looming Equity Crisis in Children’s Health Care: Federal and State Action Is Needed to Prevent Millions of Children from Losing Medicaid
| July 18, 2022 |
This report — from First Focus on Children, Families USA, and UnidosUS — finds that the country will see its largest drop in children’s …
Report: Unaccompanied Children in Emergency Intake Site (EIS) Facilities
| June 21, 2022 |
In May 2022, the Women’s Refugee Commission and First Focus on Children led a delegation of 11 advocacy organizations to the Emergency Intake Site …
REPORT: Kids & COVID Conversations
| May 12, 2022 |
Overview: From the beginning, children have been sidelined in the discussion of COVID-19. The rumor that children do not get COVID — propagated by …
Children’s Budget 2021
| November 3, 2021 |
The 2021 Children’s Budget book, released on November 3rd, 2021, finds that COVID funding fueled the largest year-to-year increase in the share of federal …
Case Study: Utilizing Tax Credits to Alleviate Child Poverty in the United States
| April 26, 2021 |
by: Kathryn Blankenship, Jordyn Florance, Stephanie Lobo, Brittany WalshAmerican University: Education Policy & Leadership Executive Summary This report was commissioned in partnership with a …
Recommendations for Prioritizing Children in Opioid Settlement Funding
Famiies USA, First Focus on Children | March 26, 2021 |
Last year, First Focus on Children and Families USA invited child advocacy, welfare, and health experts to determine how to prioritize substance use prevention, …
Children’s Budget 2020
| September 29, 2020 |
About Children’s Budget 20202: First Focus on Children is proud to introduce the 14th annual release of its signature Children’s Budget publication. While the …