Sep 11, 2025
Child Poverty
Advocates warn child poverty could rise again after federal cuts to social programs
Recently released 2024 U.S census data show little progress on child poverty, with the numbers slightly down from 2023...
Jul 22, 2025
Child Nutrition
Trump administration cuts to school nutrition program will hurt New Jersey kids, farmers
Bruce Lesley, president of the bipartisan advocacy group First Focus on Children, said in a phone interview that the...
Jul 21, 2025
Child Nutrition
Why child health advocates worry about the loss of federal summer EBT funding
The annual crisis of seasonal child hunger is what spurred advocacy groups to start arguing years ago for summer...
Jul 18, 2025
Federal Budget & Tax
U.S. program to combat HIV/AIDS survives Trump’s latest round of cuts
“It is always good news when lawmakers prioritize children, especially children who are orphaned or vulnerable to HIV and...
Jul 14, 2025
Federal Budget & Tax
The ‘unprecedented divestment’ in children at the federal level deserves more coverage
The U.S. already ranks near the bottom on dozens of measures of childhood well-being, investing much less in kids...
Jul 11, 2025
Child Nutrition
Big Beautiful Bill could hit Waco Family Medicine
Bruce Lesley, president of the bipartisan nonprofit First Focus Campaign for Children, which advocates for children and families, said...
Jul 09, 2025
Federal Budget & Tax
What Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans
“It’s a corporate business tax break,” said Bruce Lesley, president of the advocacy group First Focus on Children. “It...
Jul 03, 2025
Children's Health
‘Chaotic and deeply frightening’: Once a global gold standard, U.S. government health guidance is falling apart
Bruce Lesley, president of the child health-advocacy group First Focus on Children, said by depleting and muddying the information...
Jun 13, 2025
Child Rights
Parental Rights Is a Movement With Deep Roots. It’s Spreading Nationwide.
“Parents are the guardians and not the owners of children,” First Focus Campaign for Children President Bruce Lesley wrote...
