2025 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 18, 2026
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Child Rights
Episode 17: Wendy Cervantes Demands Better Protections for Immigrant Kids
In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe talks with Wendy Cervantes about how immigration enforcement policies…
February 17, 2026
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Children on the Ballot
120 Lawmakers Put Children First in 2025
40 Senators, 80 Representatives, named Champions or Defenders Amid the failure of this Congress to…
February 17, 2026
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Children’s Health
Comment to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding two proposed rules that would affect children’s health care
A total of 67 organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Families USA, Georgetown University…
February 4, 2026
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Federal Budget & Tax
LETTER: Opposition to Repeal of DC Budget
First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to all members of Congress today to…
February 4, 2026
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Child Care
Comment: Proposed Rule Will Reverse Progress on Child Care Affordability
First Focus on Children submitted a comment on proposed rulemaking regarding child care affordability to…
February 4, 2026
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Child Nutrition
Episode 16: Chad Bolt Exposes the Real Cost of SNAP Cuts
In this episode, Messellech “Selley” Abebe talks with Chad Bolt about what happens when the…
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…
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