First Focus

Press Releases

1. First Focus Urges Immediate Action on “Kid-Fix” Legislation [July 1, 2010]
2. New Report Highlights Impact of Immigration Enforcement on the Child Welfare System [April 28, 2010]
3. House Subcommittee Holds Hearings on Protecting Children from Lead-Tainted Imports [September 17, 2009]
4. Federal Health Advisers Recommend Cold and Cough Medicines Banned in Children Younger Than Six [September 15, 2009]
5. Halloween Horror: An Ineffective Product Safety Commission Is Frightening For Our Children [September 15, 2009]
6. Congress Making Progress With Child Safety Measures [September 14, 2009]
7. Senate Passes Legislation to Overhaul the Consumer Product Safety Commission [September 14, 2009]
8. New Legislation Will Expand Background Checks for Volunteers Working With Children [September 14, 2009]
9. Over 80 Organizations Join in Opposition to Legislation Detaining Immigrant Children [September 14, 2009]
10. House Approves Legislation to Support Foster Children [September 11, 2009]
11. Senate Committee Approves Legislation to Give Thousands More Foster Children Permanent Homes [September 11, 2009]

In the News

1. Dodd announces partnership of major child advocates to develop report card on the state of the American child [January 28, 2011]
2. Painful Recession for Kids [January 28, 2011]
3. Clinic filling foster child health void [June 6, 2010]
4. Effort to pass legislation to protect farmworker children gathers steam [May 6, 2010]

Top of Our List

1. Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child [March 28, 2011]
2. Shelby County: Making Child Well-Being a Policy Priority [February 7, 2011]
3. A Mother and Son Await Justice [February 3, 2011]
4. NGA Center Takes on Aging Out of Foster Care [January 24, 2011]
5. Birthright Citizenship at Risk [January 5, 2011]
6. New Legislation Would Create a National Council on Children [November 18, 2010]
7. New Report Studies the Impact of the Recession on Kids [November 17, 2010]
8. Born Equal [November 8, 2010]
9. November is… [November 4, 2010]
10. Pre-Polluted [October 29, 2010]
11. State Focus: New Stability for Foster Children in New Jersey [October 22, 2010]
12. Because Every Child Deserves a Family [October 14, 2010]
13. Recall Nation [October 12, 2010]
14. Bullying Prevention: More Than Just Speaking Up [October 5, 2010]
15. What's a "Kid Product" Anyway? [October 4, 2010]
16. California's New Extension in Foster Care Services [October 1, 2010]
17. Beetles, BPA and Babies, Oh My! [September 27, 2010]
18. New Report Examines Immigrant Children in the Texas Child Welfare System [September 27, 2010]
19. Make Me BPA Free [September 21, 2010]
20. New Report Reveals Fewer US Kids in Foster Care [September 1, 2010]
21. Texas Chemical Spill Proves We're Not Doing Enough to Protect our Children [August 31, 2010]
22. Impact of Immigration on Latino Children in Georgia [June 25, 2010]
23. Casey Family Programs Announces New White Paper Series to Improve Child Welfare [June 22, 2010]
24. Government Cracks Down on Farmers Who Hire Children [June 21, 2010]
25. Human Rights Watch Releases New Report on U.S. Child Labor [May 5, 2010]
26. U.S. Should Ratify the U.N.'s Convention on the Rights of the Child [November 20, 2009]

Events

1. Children in Immigrant Families: Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child in America [February 18, 2011]
2. Press Conference: Senator Dodd to Announce Report Card on The State of the American Child [December 1, 2010]
3. Child Labor: Around the World and At Home [June 17, 2010]
4. Webinar: Immigrant Victims Facing Termination of Parental Rights as a Consequence of Detention or Deportation [June 17, 2010]

Library Items: Reports

1. Title IV-E Waivers: Expanding and Modifying Child Welfare Demonstration Waivers to Promote Flexibility and Foster Innovation [March 9, 2011]
2. Children in Immigrant Families: Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child in America [March 3, 2011]
3. The Recession and Child Maltreatment [November 17, 2010]
4. Putting Children at the Center of Policy Development [September 9, 2010]
5. Caught Between Systems: The Intersection of Immigration and Child Welfare Policies [May 20, 2010]
6. Public Benefits and Child Welfare Financing [May 20, 2010]
7. Language, Culture, and Immigration Relief Options [May 20, 2010]
8. The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare [April 29, 2010]
9. Big Ideas: Investing in our Nation's Future [March 15, 2010]
10. Psychotropic Medication Use in Children on Medicaid [March 15, 2010]
11. Addressing the Health Care Needs of Foster Care Children [March 15, 2010]
12. Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Families During an Economic Crisis [March 15, 2010]

Library Items: Fact Sheets

1. Title IV-E Waivers: Fostering Innovation and Paving the Way to Reform [March 22, 2011]
2. Improving the Wellbeing of Children of Immigrants: Priorities for the 112th Congress [March 11, 2011]
3. Impact of the President's FY 2012 Budget Request on Child Welfare Programs [February 23, 2011]
4. Policy Recommendations: Child Maltreatment [November 17, 2010]
5. All Children Born Equal: Preserving Birthright Citizenship for America’s Children [November 8, 2010]
6. Children of Immigrants in the U.S. Child Welfare System [June 8, 2010]
7. Stimulus Increases Federal Funding to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance [March 17, 2010]

Library Items: Congressional Testimony

1. Statement for the Record: Innovations in Child Welfare Waivers: Starting on the Pathway to Reform [March 22, 2011]

Library Items: Letters and Correspondence

1. April 17, 2008: Letter to U.S. House of Representatives [March 23, 2010]