Analyses, briefs, fact sheets and other materials to help policymakers and the public understand the issues that impact our nation’s children.
Finding that the United States will suffer a future economic loss of over $1.7 trillion if the current recession...
When the economy takes a downturn, it often hits the most vulnerable families the hardest. Unfortunately, funding for social...
While the economic downturn has appropriately become the top priority of policy makers, one element of the crisis has...
First Focus has released a pair of reports that detail how children are treated in the health care plans...
First Focus has released a pair of reports that detail how children are treated in the health care plans...
History has shown that significant achievements in federal policy for children typically happen in the first year after a...
State pre-kindergarten programs (also called state pre-K) provide state-funded, classroom-based educational services to young children, typically four-year-old children, although...
Head Start is a national program that provides comprehensive child development services to disadvantaged children ages three and four...
“Early Head Start (EHS) provides child development services to low-income pregnant women and families with young children under age...