Children’s Budget 2016
Federal spending dedicated to children represents just 7.83 percent of the federal budget in fiscal year 2016 and total...
Analyses, briefs, fact sheets and other materials to help policymakers and the public understand the issues that impact our nation’s children.
Fact sheets and issue briefs offer policymakers, advocates, and the public a concise resource on various issues affecting children and families.
First Focus on Children communicates with all branches of government, offering support, advice, & criticism when needed, to ensure children are a priority in policy decisions.
First Focus on Children's signature publications offer a holistic view of children's policy, highlighting the interconnected challenges facing children & how federal policy can improve their lives.
First Focus on Children's annual Children's Budget analyzes federal spending on kids across 250+ programs, helping policymakers, advocates, & public understand how to improve kids' lives.
Training resources and recorded webinars from First Focus team & outside experts on a variety of topics are available here.
Federal spending dedicated to children represents just 7.83 percent of the federal budget in fiscal year 2016 and total...
Children are not faring well in America. Over the course of the current campaign cycle, eight million children will...
Advocates and lawmakers have been warning about the risks of liquid nicotine to children in increasingly popular e-cigarettes, and...
Kids’ Share 2015 is our ninth annual analysis of federal spending and tax investments in children and families. The...
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children’s initiatives like education and child...
In this essay, Dr. James S. Marks, director of the Health Group at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses...
Released with the Centre for Economic & Social InclusionUS and authored by Natalie Branosky and Jane Mansour, this report...
This legal brief, filed in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers and other advocates, argues that in considering...
Part of our Big Ideas series, When Asthma Management Isn’t Enough: Reducing the Burden of Childhood Asthma: From Practice to...