This ad calling on Congress to protect critical investments in our children including early childhood, education, and nutrition from upcoming budget negotiations ran in the Jan. 11, 2013 print edition of Politico.
First Focus Campaign for Children recognized the 2012 Champions for Children and Defenders of Children on Tuesday, October, 2012 in Roll Call Newspaper.
This ad ran in UtahPolicy.com, a leading Utah political blog, during the weeks immediately before and following the state's 2012 presidential primary election. We worked with Voices for Utah Children to place the ad, which linked to a page urging policymakers and opinion leaders to reject threats to invest in CHIP.
This ad ran in Rough & Tumble, a leading California statewide political blog, during the weeks immediately before and following the state's 2012 presidential primary election. We worked with The Children's Partnership to place the ad, which linked to a page urging policymakers and opinion leaders to reject threats to CHIP (called Healthy Families in California) at the state and federal levels.
This ad ran in the Lexington Herald-Leader’s influential political blog, Bluegrass Politics, during the weeks immediately before and following Kentucky's 2012 presidential primary election. We partnered with Kentucky Youth Advocates to place the ad, which linked to a page urging policymakers and opinion leaders to support child-friendly tax credits.
This ad ran in the Raleigh News & Observer’s influential political blog, Under the Dome, during the weeks immediately before and following North Carolina's 2012 presidential primary election. We partnered with Action for Children of North Carolina to place the ad, which linked to a page urging policymakers and opinion leaders to support child-friendly tax credits.
April 16, 2012 By First Focus Campaign for Children
This ad supporting the Homeless Children and Youth Act ran on April 16, 2012, in both Roll Call (page 10) and CQ Today (page 7). Learn more about this important legislation and urge Congress to help homeless kids now!
This ad ran in WisPolitics, Wisconsin's premier political e-newsletter, during the weeks immediately before and following the state's 2012 presidential primary election. We partnered with the Wisconsin Council for Children and Families to place the ad, which linked to a page urging policymakers and opinion leaders to reject threats to BadgerCare at the state and federal levels.
Our ad recognizing Members of Congress who earned recognition as Champions for Children or Defenders of Children in 2011 ran in Capitol Hill newspapers on February 14, 2012. Learn more about our 2011 Champions for Children.
This ad ran in the February 3, 2012, edition of POLITICO. It spotlights an effort by some politicians to raise taxes on children, even as child poverty is at a twenty-year high. To learn more about this threat to the Child Tax Credit and our work to protect kids, read the accompanying fact sheet.