May 20, 2024
Our “Great Society”
“A robust diet is our best health care," First Focus Campaign for Children's Abbie Malloy says. "Food is your...
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May 10, 2024
Is this the worst Mother’s Day gift ever?
First Focus on Children, a bipartisan organization that advocates for children’s issues in federal budget and policy decisions, suggests...
Apr 16, 2024
Tax Day came and went without a vote on the child tax credit
Michelle Dallafior, the senior vice president for budget and tax at First Focus Campaign for Children, a bipartisan advocacy...
Mar 29, 2024
Congress pours $1 billion into child care
Averi Pakulis, First Focus on Children vice president for early childhood said "Right now, 15% of eligible families receive...
Feb 13, 2024
Some Republicans who pushed to restrict abortions work to relieve financial “burden” of pregnancy
Bruce Lesley, the president of the advocacy group First Focus on Children, said Rubio’s objections aren’t aligned with his...
Feb 12, 2024
A new child tax credit?
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, joins us to discuss a new tax reform bill that includes...
Nov 10, 2023
Suffer little children — and help them
The otherwise excellent Oct. 27 Politics & the Nation article “GOP delays more than $1 billion in HIV program...
Oct 12, 2023
Future of vital HIV law in doubt as reauthorization languishes in Congress
This concern is shared by Kathy Sacco, vice president of international children’s policy at First Focus on Children. “Children...
Oct 10, 2023
Disagree with your kid’s teacher? Ten parents are here to help
As a parent of four graduates of the Montgomery County Public Schools, if I ever had a question about...