Protecting Healthy Start
Healthy Start works, but current funding levels don’t allow local Healthy Start sites to meet the need. Learn more...
Analyses, briefs, fact sheets and other materials to help policymakers and the public understand the issues that impact our nation’s children.
Fact sheets and issue briefs offer policymakers, advocates, and the public a concise resource on various issues affecting children and families.
First Focus on Children communicates with all branches of government, offering support, advice, & criticism when needed, to ensure children are a priority in policy decisions.
First Focus on Children’s signature publications offer a holistic view of children’s policy, highlighting the interconnected challenges facing children & how federal policy can improve their lives.
First Focus on Children’s annual Children’s Budget analyzes federal spending on kids across 250+ programs, helping policymakers, advocates, & public understand how to improve kids’ lives.
Training resources and recorded webinars from First Focus team & outside experts on a variety of topics are available here.
Healthy Start works, but current funding levels don’t allow local Healthy Start sites to meet the need. Learn more...
In an effort to determine how children may fare in Congressional health reform proposals that eliminate the Children’s Health...
This fact sheet provides an overview of First Focus poll results about Children in Health Reform. The poll reveals...
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, a tax benefit that allows...
This First Focus brief summarizes findings from a report indicating that the Administration’s new rules for Medicaid and the...
Family Tax PoliciesFederal tax policy is a vital component to securing the well-being of children and their families in...