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1. 2014 Children's Budget Summit Bruce Lesley Presentation

   June 25, 2014

   By Bruce Lesley

   Type: Presentation

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2. 2014 Children's Budget Summit David Kanevsky Presentation

   June 24, 2014

   By David Kanevsky

   Type: Presentation

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3. Closing the Summer Nutrition and Academic Gaps

   June 12, 2014

   By Kevin Lindsey and Meghan Mack

   Type: Fact Sheet

   June marks the end of the school year for most students in Kindergarten through 12th grade and the beginning of summer ...

4. School Meals Fact Sheet

   June 5, 2014

   By Meghan Mack

   Type: Fact Sheet

   This fact sheet highlights some of the improvements to child nutrition and the school food environment through the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids ...

5. Letter to Department of Education on Charter School Civil Rights

   May 20, 2014

   Type: Letter

   First Focus sent this letter to Catherine Lhamon, Assistant Secretary of Civil Rights at the Department of Education, to thank her for her leadership in sending a dear colleague to charter school ...

6. Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act of 2014 Sign-on Letter

   May 12, 2014

   Type: Letter

   The First Focus Campaign for Children and Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children are circulating the attached sign-on letter in support of The Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act of 2014, ...

7. Outreach, Enrollment and Retention

   May 12, 2014

   By Eugene Lewit, PhD, Consulting Professor of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University Center for Health Policy and Primary Care and Outcomes Research

   Type: Report

   This brief is the third in a series exploring how lessons learned from ...

8. CHIP Letter to MACPAC

   April 29, 2014

   By Carrie Fitzgerald

   Type: Letter

   On April 11th, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) voted unanimously to recommend to Congress that CHIP be funded for only two years, and sunset in ...

9. Income Support in the President’s 2015 Budget

   March 31, 2014

   By Cara Baldari

   Type: Fact Sheet

   Related: Our analysis of the President's budget in all ...

10. Impact of the President’s FY 2015 Budget Request on Child Welfare Programs

    March 21, 2014

    By Shadi Houshyar

    Type: Fact Sheet

    Related: Our analysis of the President's budget in all ...

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