Philadelphia Voters Pass Ballot Measure Making Office of Youth Ombudsperson Permanent | Juvenile Law Center jlc.org/news/philade...

Letter of Support: Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026  - Campaign For Children campaignforchildren.org/resource/let...

Parental bill of rights legislation voted down in the Missouri House • Missouri Independent www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_n... Good news! Missouri's Parental Rights Bills: Treating Children as Property open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty - Texas Observer www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-...

The Real Scandal is Failing to Protect and Support the Nation's Children | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/update/the-r...

A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections apnews.com/article/dayc...

Colorado bill wants nondiscrimination in state’s use of Trump’s education tax-credit - Chalkbeat www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities. - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Terrible Toxics: How the EPA Rollbacks Are Betraying Child Health brucelesley.substack.com/p/terrible-t...

Colorado tax credits cut child poverty by more than a third - Denver Post

The ‘SAVE America Act’ Threatens Children’s Representation open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Be Careful What You Ask For: The Parental Rights Trap and the Cost to Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/be-careful...

The feds child care cuts will hurt Minnesota kids • Minnesota Reformer minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/06/t...

What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children - NY Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

Congress Should Not Re-Impose Child Poverty on DC’s Babies and Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/congress-s...

‘These kids are invisible’: Child abuse deaths spur clash over homeschool regulation • Stateline stateline.org/2026/01/29/t...

Trump Administration Destroys the Systems that Support and Protect America’s Children janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/t... by Jan Resseger

Urging our followers to also follow @kidscantwaitusa.bsky.social as the newest member of the @firstfocus.bsky.social network. #PleaseFollow

The Misguided Push to Abolish the Department of Education firstfocusonchildren.substack.com/p/the-misgui...

Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bill Cassidy Lead Bicameral Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-r... Current law actually slashes the Child Tax Credit for children and families who are victims of a natural disaster.

Choosing Harm Over Help: How U.S. Policymakers Are Turning Against Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/choosing-h...

Letter: Opposing Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Urging Permanent Protection for Children’s Health Coverage  - Campaign For Children campaignforchildren.org/resource/let... The Cassidy bill literally provides nothing for kids.

Why Kennedy’s Message on Parental Rights, HIPAA, and Kids’ Medical Records Misses the Point open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

Grateful to the members of Congress who reached across the aisle to introduce the Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act, which will protect children in some of the world's poorest countries. bit.ly/48vHbwN

Please consider donating! #GivingTuesday

Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/children-a... #VoteKids #InvestInKids

Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam

As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/07/a...

The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow. It’s that simple.

Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt... First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.

Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...

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.

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. ✋

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