A Children’s Agenda For the 117th Congress
| June 22, 2021 |
The children are not alright. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, we were failing our kids on a whole range of domestic …
Children’s mental health would get boost from bill
Michele Kayal | May 10, 2022 |
Strengthening the role of schools in mental health promotion, prevention and intervention is key to battling the mental health crisis afflicting our nation’s children, experts said during First Focus on Children’s Kids and …
Letter: Pass the Child Poverty Reduction Act
Cara Baldari | March 14, 2022 |
Today, the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to Congress signed by over 100 organizations …
More than 100 organizations back child poverty reduction bill
Michele Kayal | March 14, 2022 |
More than 100 national and state-based organizations called on Congress today to establish a national child poverty reduction target that would cut child poverty in half within a …
Letter: Children’s Budget Coalition urges swift passage of FY 2022 spending bills
Children’s Budget Coalition | February 15, 2022 |
The First Focus Campaign for Children and members of the Children’s Budget Coalition today sent a letter to Congressional Leadership urging them to pass …
“Children’s bill” must remain intact, advocate says
Michele Kayal | February 3, 2022 |
First Focus Campaign for Children today urged the Biden Administration to fulfill its historic commitment to children by working to pass a comprehensive, intact Build …
Letter: Build Back Better is a children’s bill— and needs to remain so.
| February 3, 2022 |
First Focus Campaign for Children sent this letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris urging them to protect kids in the …
6 consequences of losing Build Back Better
Michele Kayal | December 22, 2021 |
The Build Back Better Act promised hard-won stability for all of our nation’s 74 million children. Abandoning this legislation would reverse the economic and …
Letter: Gov. DeSantis, protect unaccompanied children and withdraw your Executive Order and emergency rule
| December 20, 2021 |
First Focus Campaign for Children sent this letter signed by 73 child welfare organizations to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to safeguard the …