REPORT: Kids & COVID Conversations
Overview: From the beginning, children have been sidelined in the discussion of COVID-19. The rumor that children do not...
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Overview: From the beginning, children have been sidelined in the discussion of COVID-19. The rumor that children do not...
The 2021 Children’s Budget book, released on November 3rd, 2021, finds that COVID funding fueled the largest year-to-year increase...
The children are not alright. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, we were failing our kids on...
by: Kathryn Blankenship, Jordyn Florance, Stephanie Lobo, Brittany WalshAmerican University: Education Policy & Leadership Executive Summary This report was...
The kids are not alright. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, we were failing our kids on...
About Children’s Budget 2020: First Focus on Children is proud to introduce the 14th annual release of its signature...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently released a landmark study, A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, which...
THE FIRST FOCUS CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN CONGRESSIONAL SCORECARD Our nation’s children face an array of problems, including poverty, violence,...
Our child policy experts rate the current bills and votes in Congress. Do they help kids or harm...