1.0First Focus on Childrenhttps://firstfocus.orgtjsmithhttps://firstfocus.org/author/tjsmith/Episode 21: The Importance in Investing in Our Youngest with Cynthia Osborne | First Focus on Childrenrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xVyUpYZUHH"><a href="https://firstfocus.org/update/episode-21-the-importance-in-investing-in-our-youngest-with-cynthia-osborne/">Episode 21: The Importance in Investing in Our Youngest with Cynthia Osborne</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://firstfocus.org/update/episode-21-the-importance-in-investing-in-our-youngest-with-cynthia-osborne/embed/#?secret=xVyUpYZUHH" width="600" height="338" title="“Episode 21: The Importance in Investing in Our Youngest with Cynthia Osborne” — First Focus on Children" data-secret="xVyUpYZUHH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
</script>
https://firstfocus.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SOK-Ep21_WebThumbnail.png600262In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Cynthia Osborne, founder and executive director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, about the importance in investing in our youngest: infants and toddlers. Bruce and Selley also highlight the recent vote on the child tax credit and their disappointment with the bill failing, despite the credit previously cutting child poverty in half.