Letter to Congress Says Don't Cut Kids in House 2013 Budget

May 10, 2012
By Jared Solomon

Letter to Congress Says Don't Cut Kids in House 2013 BudgetA First Focus analysis shows that the U.S. House of Representatives' federal fiscal year 2013 budget “reconciliation” package makes deep cuts to critical investments in children. Child nutrition, health care for uninsured children, the Child Tax Credit, child care, and child abuse prevention and response are all on the chopping block.

Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture: Protect investments in child nutrition

April 26, 2012

Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture: Protect investments in child nutritionFirst Focus Campaign for Children sent letters to every member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, asking that federal nutrition legislation scheduled for consideration by the committee today maintain the nation’s investment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps). This is the letter sent to Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

A Children-Focused Response to the Foreclosure Crisis

By Meghan McHugh

A Children-Focused Response to the Foreclosure CrisisAn April 2012 First Focus analysis by Brookings Institution scholar Julia Isaacs finds that one-in-ten children has been or is at risk to be affected by foreclosures, putting their health, development, and academic potential at risk.

Coalition in Support of The Children's Budget Act letter to lawmakers

April 16, 2012

Coalition in Support of The Children's Budget Act letter to lawmakersA coalition of 83 national and state children's advocates sent a letter on April 16 to staff and lawmakers in the U.S. Senate urging support of The Children's Budget Act (S. 1396).