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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 6d

Nearly Nine Months In: How The Administration Is Failing America’s Children…

Social Security Advisory Board Recommends Improved Access and Increased Awareness of Survivor Benefits for Children

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 7d

Social Security Advisory Board Recommends Improved Access and Increased Awareness of Survivor Benefits for Children | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/update/socia...

Most people think of Social Security as a program for older Americans, and for good reason: it serves more than 52 million seniors, and is the nation’s

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 8d

Another important article by @mikehixenbaugh.com that highlights why we desperately need an independent Children’s Commissioner to investigate and put a stop to the cover-up and failure to protect children from child sexual and physical abuse by institutions in this country.

Pastor Mark Vega, a former Yankees chaplain, received reports of sex abuse in his church in 2019 and 2022. But rather than go to police, Vega came up with a plan to handle it internally by…

Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 8d

This piece by @mikehixenbaugh.com highlights two critically important issues facing children:

1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education
2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in

This must be stopped. ✋

Got to see where the filmed “Killers of the Flower Moon” and write this update on a story I started covering a little over a year to go.…

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 13d

Day 2 of the Government Shutdown

WIC is a critical investment in nutrition for pregnant women and our youngest children.

Congress and the Admin should reject proposals, such as the President's budget, to slash funding the improves the health, nutrition, & well-being of children & pregnant women.

Head Start’s Footprint: Children’s Learning and Education | The Children's Equity Project

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 15d

Day 1 of the Government Shutdown

The wisest investments we can make are in our children, and one of those programs is Head Start.

As this report by @ChildrensEquity shows, kids in Head Start display gains in many critical skills in just one year. cep.asu.edu/resources/He... (1)

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 16d

How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown brucelesley.substack.com/p/how-the-su...

How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown

Washington is back at the brink.

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When Child Death Was Everywhere

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 19d

When Child Death Was Everywhere - The Atlantic

RFK Jr.’s health policies stem from the idea that the past holds the secret to health and happiness.

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 20d

A good news update: Sinclair has now agreed to restore @jimmykimmel.com @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social to the airways with its local affiliates. A step forward for #FreedomOfSpeech and, as I wrote, for…

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 20d

Urging you to follow and subscribe to our President @BruceLesley’s Kids Can’t Wait blog on Substack.

He provides the “child and family” perspective on policy issues before Congress and in the news.

open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 21d

Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit…

Beth Bourne, who has in the past come under fire for over-the-top anti-LGBTQ+ stunts, removed her pants and top at a Davis school board meeting.

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 24d

Moms For Liberty Chapter Chairperson Takes Off Clothing At School Board Meeting

Silencing Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 25d

Silencing Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Jimmy Kimmel has often spoken for kids when other voices were missing.

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 28d

Dr. John Kuhn speaks out in defense of his teachers, students, and schools as superintendent of Abilene ISD in Texas.

A Superintendent Speaks Out from the Front Lines of Our Public Schools…

Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – DC Journal - InsideSources

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · 29d

Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – Chad Bolt - DC Journal - InsideSources dcjournal.com/republicans-...

The White House has told Republican lawmakers to get out there and start selling the “One Big Beautiful Bill” as chock-full of family-friendly

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Sep 16

Advocates warn child poverty could rise again after federal cuts to social programs - WMNF 88.5 FM

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Sep 10

Previous HHS secretaries oversaw: ✅ The creation of Medicare and Medicaid, which was passed with the help of Secretary Kennedy’s father and uncle in the Senate (significantly cutting the uninsured…

R.L. Stollar (@rlstollar.bsky.social)

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Sep 9

"This idea that parents’ control should be absolute runs directly against a long line of court decisions that affirm children are not just extensions of their parents. Children are rights-bearing…

A recent set of cash-transfer programs had lackluster results—but cash is still "near unmatched as a salve for poverty," @AnnieLowrey argues:

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes, Cash Transfers Work - @annielowrey.bsky.social - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yes, Cash Transfers Work

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First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Aug 28

Children are struggling and policymakers are failing them. Here are some thoughts on how we might find a path away from Trump’s “war on children.”

Saying ‘No’ to Culture Wars, Crumbs, or Capitulation: Building a Child Advocacy Movement open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Saying ‘No’ to Culture Wars, Crumbs, or Capitulation: Building a Child Advocacy Movement

Children may be only 22% of the U.S.

Ossoff Report Details ICE Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ossoff Report Details ICE Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children open.substack.com/pub/migranti...

A Senate investigation documents 510 human rights violations, including miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual assaults in ICE custody.

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Aug 21

To Democratic politicians,

Ignore the political consultants.

It is past time to stand up and champion children. Be loud and proud.

It is in your self-interest.

The Party of Neglect: When Democrats Forget About Kids https://open.substack.com/pub/brucelesley/p/the-party-of-neglect-when-democrats?r=f8l9&utm_medium=ios Democrats need a wake-up call with respect…

Senate Report Reveals Widespread Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children in Migrant Detention Centers

First Focus on Children @firstfocus.bsky.social · Aug 12

Senate Report Reveals Widespread Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children in Migrant Detention Centers www.latintimes.com/senate-repor...

In one case, a woman was reportedly left to miscarry alone in a hospital room for over 24 hours without medical assistance after staff delayed responding to days of heavy bleeding

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