Child Care

Quality child care is essential for young children’s safety, health, and development. And parents cannot work without confidence that their children are well cared-for during the work day. But today, federal investments fall well short of the need. In fact, more than 40 percent of infants and toddlers are in substandard child care environments. First Focus is working for stronger federal policy to improve both child care quality and affordability.

Resources

Letter: Correct the Inequities in COVID-19 Response

| April 20, 2020 | Letters and Correspondence

First Focus Campaign for Children sent the following letter to Congressional leaders in both houses with a set of recommendations to address the needs …

Kids & COVID-19: Resource Hub

| April 16, 2020 | Resources

The impact on children from COVID-19 is immense. It is also variable and complicated. Every facet of the lives of children and families are …

Statement: Senate package good first step for kids but children need more robust measures

| March 26, 2020 | Press Release

We commend Senate lawmakers’ unanimous passage of the $2 trillion coronavirus emergency bill, and even more, for using it to offer relief to America’s …

Letter: Prioritize the well-being of children as you respond to the Coronavirus outbreak.

| March 20, 2020 | Letters and Correspondence

First Focus Campaign for Children sent the following letter to Congressional leaders in both houses, urging them to prioritize the well-being of children in …

Statement: Congress’s coronavirus response is a good first step, but bigger, bolder measures are needed

| March 18, 2020 | Press Release

We applaud Congress for passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing families and children with increased food and nutrition assistance, supplemental state funding …

First Focus Campaign for Children identifies 120 lawmakers who prioritize children

| March 12, 2020 | Press Release

In 2019, nearly one-in-six of our nation’s children lived in poverty. The number of kids without health insurance rose to more than 4 million, …

Letter: Children should not be treated as an afterthought — pass these bipartisan and common sense bills

| January 10, 2020 | Letters and Correspondence

First Focus Campaign for Children sent the following letter to all 100 U.S. Senators, urging them to consider legislation that would improve the lives …

First Focus Campaign for Children Releases Proactive Kids Agenda

| December 13, 2018 | Press Release

Blueprint Shows How 116th Congress Can Act on the Best Interests of Children

The Proactive Kids Agenda for the 116th Congress

| December 13, 2018 | Report

Any policies that affect children should base their foundations on the best interests of the child.

Champions for Children 2017

| July 19, 2018 | Report

Our nation’s children face an array of problems, including poverty, violence, abuse, neglect, hunger, poor nutrition, education inequity, homelessness, lack of health coverage, infant and …