First Focus

Press Releases

1. Child Poverty Will Remain High, Analysis Predicts [December 4, 2012]
2. Foreclosures Directly Affect One in Ten Children, New Report Says [April 18, 2012]
3. New Report Finds Children Still Feeling Recession’s Impact [December 20, 2011]
4. More American Children Living in Poverty than Ever, But Public Programs Keep Kids' Health Coverage Steady [September 14, 2011]
5. Child Poverty in Two Nations: The UK Tackled the Problem, the US Ignored the Crisis [June 16, 2011]
6. Tax Deal Produces Short-term Aid for Families, Long-term Burden for the Next Generation [December 17, 2010]
7. More Than One in Ten Children Living with an Unemployed Parent [December 3, 2010]
8. New Research Confirms the Recession Will Have a Lasting Impact on Children [November 15, 2010]
9. Children’s Uninsured Rate Avoids Significant Increases as More American Children Fall in to Poverty [September 16, 2010]
10. Schools Continue to Experience Increased Enrollment of Homeless Students [July 27, 2010]
11. First Focus Urges Immediate Action on “Kid-Fix” Legislation [July 1, 2010]
12. New Report Reveals 2 Million Children Will Be Directly Impacted By the Foreclosure Crisis [September 14, 2009]
13. Senate Passes Amendment to Support Homeless Children [September 11, 2009]
14. Census Data Shows Thousands of New Children Living In Poverty [September 11, 2009]

In the News

1. Report Finds One in 10 Children Feel the Impact of Foreclosures [April 18, 2012]
2. 88,000 children in Colorado affected by foreclosures [April 18, 2012]
3. Recession's toll touches children [January 18, 2012]
4. Children’s Economic Well-Being Deteriorating [January 13, 2012]
5. Report: Children in Illinois fared worse in recession than other areas [January 4, 2012]
6. Child Poverty Tops 20 Percent In Half Of U.S. States: Report [January 4, 2012]
7. Report: Ohio child poverty rate high [December 28, 2011]
8. Even Short-term Poverty Can Hurt Kids’ Health [January 28, 2011]
9. Suffer the Little Children [January 28, 2011]
10. Painful Recession for Kids [January 28, 2011]
11. Foreclosures Can Be Chaotic for Children [January 28, 2011]
12. "A Critical Moment: Child and Youth Homelessness In Our Nations Schools" [January 28, 2011]
13. At a Desk, but Without a Home: Homeless Students in Public Schools [January 28, 2011]
14. Schools report surge in homeless students [January 28, 2011]
15. Foreclosure May Hurt Children the Most [January 24, 2011]
16. Children of foreclosure falling behind in school [May 6, 2010]
17. ‘Tidal wave’ of homeless students hits schools [May 6, 2010]
18. Keeping Homeless Kids in School [May 6, 2010]
19. Foreclosure Crisis Hits Poor Renters Hard: Evicted Families Have to Fight to Live Together [May 6, 2010]
20. 25,000 students in state homeless; up 18% in year Districts seek stimulus funds to help children with supplies, transportation [May 6, 2010]
21. Youth panel looks at recession’s effects [May 6, 2010]
22. Food Stamps and the Tough Economy [May 6, 2010]
23. Viewpoints: Welfare cuts threaten growth of jobs [May 6, 2010]
24. The Long Tail of the Recession [May 6, 2010]
25. Study: Number of homeless students on the rise [May 6, 2010]
26. Dire economy exacerbating, spotlighting “invisible” problem of homelessness [May 5, 2010]
27. School Districts Scramble to Help Homeless Students [May 5, 2010]
28. Early Figures Indicate Nearly 25 Percent Jump in Homeless Students Last School Year [May 5, 2010]
29. More than 2,000 NH Students Have Nowhere to Call Home [May 5, 2010]
30. Report: Over 12,000 Students are Homeless in VA [May 5, 2010]
31. Kids Count Seeing Impact of Recession on Children [May 5, 2010]
32. No homes. No jobs. Not even beds at shelters. Here's how families are fighting to stay together [May 5, 2010]

Top of Our List

1. Children’s Economic Well-Being After the Recession [December 6, 2012]
2. Turning Around the Child Homelessness Epidemic [November 28, 2011]
3. Food for Thought: Our Nation’s Safety Net, at $31.50/Week [November 10, 2011]
4. The Changing Face of Homelessness in America [November 2, 2011]
5. Tough Times Call for Tough Decisions for Families Living in Poverty [September 29, 2011]
6. Growing Child Poverty in America: There is Simply No Excuse [September 20, 2011]
7. For Michigan, Kicking Thousands of Children to the Curb is Simply the Cost of Doing Business [September 7, 2011]
8. A Must See Video Clip: 60 Minutes - Hard Times Generation [July 1, 2011]
9. Let Them Eat Horses? [June 20, 2011]
10. A Child’s Life in Poverty [March 8, 2011]
11. Poverty & the Middle Class: The New Story of Our Nation [January 21, 2011]
12. All We Want For Christmas is an Omnibus [December 15, 2010]
13. Tweeting to Tackle Childhood Poverty [December 10, 2010]
14. Let’s Set a Goal & Let’s Get Started [December 8, 2010]
15. This Week’s Legislative Roundup for Families [December 3, 2010]
16. New Report Studies the Impact of the Recession on Kids [November 17, 2010]
17. Families of the Recession: What the Unemployment Rate Means for Kids [November 16, 2010]
18. The Election is Over, but the 111th Congress is Not [November 3, 2010]
19. Homeless in Seattle [October 11, 2010]
20. Stories Behind the Statistics & Poverty Action Toolkit [September 28, 2010]
21. Urban Institute: Strategies for Fighting Poverty After ARRA Expires [July 20, 2010]

Events

1. Child Well-Being in the Aftermath of the Recession: Creating a Vision for Kids [December 5, 2011]
2. Congressional Briefing - Protecting Children in Tough Economic Times: What Can the United States Learn from Britain? [June 6, 2011]
3. Congressional Briefing: Children in the Recession [November 3, 2010]

Library Items: Reports

1. The Recession’s Ongoing Impact on Children, 2012 [December 4, 2012]
2. Troubling Trends [September 27, 2012]
3. The Ongoing Impact of Foreclosures on Children [April 18, 2012]
4. The Recession’s Ongoing Impact on America’s Children [December 20, 2011]
5. Living on the Edge: America's Low-Earning Families [September 22, 2011]
6. Protecting Children in Tough Economic Times: What Can the United States Learn from Britain? [June 16, 2011]
7. Child Poverty During the Great Recession: Predicting State Child Poverty Rates for 2010 [December 10, 2010]
8. The Recession and Housing Stability [November 16, 2010]
9. The Recession and Food Security [November 16, 2010]
10. The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being [November 14, 2010]
11. Children in Poverty: State-by-State in 2009 [September 28, 2010]
12. A Critical Moment: Child & Youth Homelessness in Our Nation's Schools [July 27, 2010]
13. The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty: Poverty Statistics for 2008 and Growth in Need during 2009 [March 15, 2010]
14. Turning Point: The Long Term Effects of Recession-Induced Child Poverty [March 15, 2010]
15. The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children [March 15, 2010]
16. The Economic Crisis Hits Home: The Unfolding Increase in Child & Youth Homelessness [March 15, 2010]
17. Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Families During an Economic Crisis [March 15, 2010]
18. The Cost of Doing Nothing [March 15, 2010]
19. An Improved Child Tax Credit: Good for the Economy, Good for Kids [March 15, 2010]

Library Items: Fact Sheets

1. Living on the Edge: America's Low-Earning Families First Focus Policy Recommendations [September 22, 2011]
2. Familes of the Recession: Unemployed Parents & Their Children [December 3, 2010]
3. Policy Recommendations: Housing Stability [November 16, 2010]
4. Policy Recommendations: Food Security [November 16, 2010]
5. First Focus Policy Recommendations: Child Health [November 15, 2010]

Library Items: Presentations

1. Vicki Shabo's PowerPoint presentation [September 22, 2011]
2. Rourke O’Brien's PowerPoint presentation [September 22, 2011]
3. Heather Boushey's PowerPoint presentation. [September 22, 2011]
4. Sophia Parker's PowerPoint presentation. [September 22, 2011]