Jan 04, 2021
Child Abuse & Neglect
The Promises We Must Make to Our Children: Recommendations to the Biden-Harris Transition Team
The kids are not alright. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, we were failing our kids on...
Sep 29, 2020
Children's Health
Children’s Budget 2020
About Children’s Budget 2020: First Focus on Children is proud to introduce the 14th annual release of its signature...
Oct 31, 2019
Child Rights
Establishing a Children’s Commissioner: Lessons from Australia on Creating an Oversight Body for Children’s Issues
First Focus on Children commissioned the following report, authored by Oliver Kim. Download the full report here. Executive summary...
Jun 11, 2019
Child Poverty
Implementing A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently released a landmark study, A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, which...
Dec 13, 2018
Child Abuse & Neglect
The Proactive Kids Agenda for the 116th Congress
Any policies that affect children should base their foundations on the best interests of the child.
Sep 20, 2018
Children’s Budget 2018
First Focus is proud to announce the release of Children’s Budget 2018, which captures and analyzes historical funding data and...
Jul 19, 2018
Child Abuse & Neglect
Champions for Children 2017
Our nation’s children face an array of problems, including poverty, violence, abuse, neglect, hunger, poor nutrition, education inequity, homelessness, lack...
May 14, 2018
Child Care
The Harmful Consequences of Work Requirements and Other Obstacles on Children and Families
MAY 14, 2018—Each year, effective federal programs give parents the power to provide their children with affordable healthcare, nutritious...
Nov 17, 2017
Children's Health
Children’s Budget 2017
Children are receiving less than 8 percent of the federal budget—and this share fell 5.5 percent between 2014 and...
