Babies in The Budget 2024
Turning the Tide: Valuing Our Youngest A message from the President of First Focus on Children, Bruce Lesley Budgets...
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Turning the Tide: Valuing Our Youngest A message from the President of First Focus on Children, Bruce Lesley Budgets...
This report highlights the successes and challenges of community-based home visiting models across the country, and proposes state and...
TOPLINES: INVEST IN CHILDREN: IMPROVE THE TAX CODE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Problem: Solutions: CUT CHILD POVERTY Problem: Solutions:...
The Child Tax Credit should honor our society’s commitment to children in both their present and their future, while...
Our Children are at a Crossroads Our children — and our country — are at a crossroads. Over the...
Each year, federal programs provide children with affordable health care, nutritious food, stable housing, and early childhood education. These...
Big Ideas 2023 delivers innovative solutions to issues such as child homelessness, education reform, economic justice, and children’s health...
Children’s Budget 2022, released today, finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98%...
This paper is part of First Focus on Children’s upcoming series Big Ideas 2022: The American South Forward This...