6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (24+ words) Online access will help children who have lost a parent First Focus on Children and other leading advocacy organizations are urging the Social Security...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (250+ words) As the House returned this week, First Focus on Children offered lawmakers innovative suggestions for using the tax code to improve the lives of children. "We believe Congress should pursue tax policies that meaningfully reduce child poverty, improve family economic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (473+ words) First Focus on Children Medicaid Threats Endanger Children's Health Care - State Letters Threaten to End All Federal Medicaid Funding The Trump Administration's decision to freeze more than a billion dollars in Medicaid funding to California " and to impose similar punishment…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (706+ words) America's children are being pushed in the wrong direction and down the wrong path. Every day, the distance between where they are and where they need to be for their health, development, education, safety, and well-being grows wider. That is…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (651+ words) From Iran to Gaza to Ukraine to Sudan, children today are growing up amid the highest number of violent conflicts since World War II. This reality is reshaping childhood in ways that are profound, cumulative, and often invisible to those not…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (132+ words) America's children are being pushed in the wrong direction and down the wrong path. Every day, the distance between where they are and where they need to be for their health, development, education, safety, and well-being grows wider. These ideas…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (422+ words) First Focus on Children Farm Bill, DHS funding threaten millions of children - Children could see more'immigration actions, fewer SNAP benefits Children could see more immigration actions, fewer SNAP benefits In the last 24 hours, Congress has advanced legislation that unnecessarily threatens…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (604+ words) First Focus on Children The Kid Angle: 24 Hours that Sidelined the Nation's Children In the last 24 hours, Congress has made clear " not once, but twice " that children are not their priority. First, the House last night passed a budget resolution…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (259+ words) First Focus on Children Federal Investment in Babies: A View from the States Federal investment in babies and toddlers accounts for just 1. 59% of the entire U. S. budget. Despite this underinvestment, federal programs offer essential support to the babies and toddlers who…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (925+ words) First Focus on Children Will Congress attack hungry children again, this time to pay for one hour of war in Iran? - Cuts would pay for just one hour of Iran war Republicans in the House and Senate are seriously considering…...