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January 25, 2012
Sponsored by: Children’s Hospital Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Family Voices, First Focus, Georgetown Center for Children and Families and March of Dimes
January 26, 2012
When children get more resources, they do better. But across the US, there exists enormous variation in public investments made in children – and as a result, enormous variation in child outcomes...
December 13, 2011
First Focus, in conjunction with the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and The Children's Partnership, sponsored a Congressional...
December 15, 2011
The true impact of the economic downturn on children has not always been easy to see – especially through traditional economic indicators such as unemployment or GDP. Yet the recession undoubtedly...
November 14, 2011
The Coalition for Access and Opportunity invites you to join Stan Dorn, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, and Claudia Page, Co-Director of Social Interest Solutions, to learn about the remarkable...
September 21, 2011
First Focus, in conjunction with Representative Rosa DeLauro and the Foundation for Child Development, hosted a Congressional briefing on "Living on the Edge: America's Low-Earning Families" One in...
July 7, 2011
The start of the summer marks the beginning of the harvest season for more than 400,000 children in America’s fields. Join us as we explore the plight of farmworker children and discuss what we can...
June 28, 2011
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) will chair the first-ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act Tuesday, June 28th, at 10:00 am ET. The hearing will be in room 226, of the Dirksen...
July 21, 2011
First Focus hosted the third national Children’s Budget Summit on July 21, 2011 to galvanize children's advocates, the media, Members of Congress, and the public to protect the best interests of...
June 16, 2011
How is it possible to protect children while also cutting public spending? As the U.S. makes difficult decisions on how to reduce our deficit, the approach taken by the UK government over the past...
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