May 19, 2025
Child Nutrition
New Report: 34 Million Children at Risk from Proposed Cuts to Federal Health and Food Programs
Cuts would disproportionately harm children of color A new report released today by First Focus on Children, UnidosUS, and...
May 19, 2025
Children's Health
Children under attack: How congressional assaults on health and food programs are endangering the youngest Americans
May 15, 2025
Children's Health
Cuts to School Mental Health Funding and Threats to Medicaid/CHIP: A Growing Crisis for Children
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, offering an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the importance of mental health,...
May 13, 2025
Early Childhood
Joint Letter: Cuts to TANF & SSBG would threaten access to child care
Today, First Focus Campaign for Children, joined by over 90 organizations, sent the following letter to members of the...
May 12, 2025
Children's Health
Children’s health services could see trims even under scaled-back Medicaid cuts
Children from underserved communities disproportionately rely on school-based health services, according to Abuko Estrada, vice president of Medicaid and...
May 08, 2025
Children's Health
Congress Is Playing with The Lives of Our Babies and Children
Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)...
Apr 30, 2025
Child Rights
Federal Job Losses and Their Impact on Kids
Since taking office in January, the Trump Administration has cut more than 121,000 federal workers, many of them in...
Apr 03, 2025
Children's Health
GOP Medicaid/CHIP Cuts Threaten One-Third of All School Age Children
First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley joins this nationally syndicated talk show to discuss the attacks on children’s...
Apr 03, 2025
Children's Health
The Rick Smith Show: “The cruelty is the point.”
First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley tells Rick that more than 350 organizations are fighting for Medicaid and...
