2024 Champions for Children
About us
First Focus Campaign for Children is a bipartisan advocacy organization working to make children the priority in federal policy and budget decisions. With a dozen policy experts in the many areas that affect our nation’s 73 million children, First Focus Campaign for Children and our sister organization First Focus on Children offer thorough, bipartisan, achievable solutions to ensure the well-being of children in the U.S. and around the world.
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Our child policy experts rate the current bills and votes in Congress. Do they help kids or HARM kids?
Be a voice for kids
Ambassadors for Children are our most active child advocates who bring critical issues to decision-makers in the U.S. Congress related to vulnerable children — both in the United States and worldwide.
First Focus Campaign for Children’s Legislative Scorecard
Children can’t vote and don’t have Political Action Committees or Super PACs. They are counting on all of us to make their voices heard. These members of Congress have made an impact to protect and improve the future of America’s next generation.
WHAT’S New
February 2, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
MESSAGE: Pass FY 2026 spending bills to keep funding for children on track
First Focus Campaign for Children sent a message today to legislative directors for all 435…
February 2, 2026
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International Children
RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Decisions Endanger Millions of Young Children Around the World
The ignorance and arrogance emanating from leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services…
January 29, 2026
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Children of Immigrants
The Kid Angle: How to Protect Kids AND Reform ICE
Once again, Congress is on the precipice of a government shutdown, this time battling over…
January 29, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
MESSAGE: Prioritize Children and Families in FY 26 Funding Decision
In a message sent today to all U.S. senators, First Focus Campaign for Children urged…
January 29, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
A Hopeful Message for U.S. Foreign Assistance. But the Devastating Loss of PEPFAR’s Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programs Remains
Given the Trump Administration’s hollowing out of U.S. foreign assistance in 2025 and its efforts…
January 28, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
Fund children, not ICE, advocate tells lawmakers
Spending bill must be rewritten to include protections for children In a message sent today…
January 28, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
MESSAGE: Reject DHS funding bill until children are protected
In a message sent today to all U.S. senators, First Focus Campaign for Children urged…
January 21, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
Episode 15: Madeline Brown Pushes for Economic Opportunity for Kids
In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe sits down with Madeline Brown to explore what it…
January 15, 2026
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Child Nutrition
The Kid Angle: Supporting Kids in 2026
H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”, would cut billions from children’s…
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