Children’s Budget 2022
Children’s Budget 2022, released today, finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98%...
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.
Children’s Budget 2022, released today, finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98%...
This paper is part of First Focus on Children’s upcoming series Big Ideas 2022: The American South Forward This...
This report — from First Focus on Children, Families USA, and UnidosUS — finds that the country will see...
In May 2022, the Women’s Refugee Commission and First Focus on Children led a delegation of 11 advocacy organizations...
In 2021, the first year of the 117th Congress, the federal government made its most significant investment in children...
Overview: From the beginning, children have been sidelined in the discussion of COVID-19. The rumor that children do not...
The children are not alright. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, we were failing our kids on...
by: Kathryn Blankenship, Jordyn Florance, Stephanie Lobo, Brittany WalshAmerican University: Education Policy & Leadership Executive Summary This report was...
Last year, First Focus on Children and Families USA invited child advocacy, welfare, and health experts to determine how...