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Local governments eyeing investments in quality early learning

  • AZ communities

A city-funded high-quality preschool program is showing other Arizona cities and towns that investing in its youngest residents pays off.

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Working together to better meet the developmental needs of Arizona’s youngest children

  • health

Ensuring a child’s healthy development is a partnership between families, non-profit and public agencies, health care providers, early educators and other…

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Helping families find the best fit for home visitation

  • family support

A program supported by First Things First is making it a little easier for families to find support as their child’s first teacher through in-home visits.

Breastfeeding

First Baby Café in Arizona named after former FTF regional partnership council member

  • health & nutrition

The Summit Healthcare Leslie Meyer Baby Café is named after long-time FTF Navajo/Apache Regional Council member Leslie Meyer, who passed away this year.

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First Things First, Bashas’ and Food City partner to support Arizona’s youngest children

  • early childhood

Arizona grocery shoppers will have the opportunity in September to help Arizona’s youngest children learn, grow and succeed through a register promotion.

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High-quality early education outcomes extend to second generation

  • early learning

An update to the well-known Perry Preschool study focuses on a new benefit: better outcomes for the original study participants’ children.

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallegos

Four new Phoenix-area family resource centers make resources more accessible

  • early learning

FTF and the City of Phoenix have partnered to open four new family resource centers dedicated to providing services to families with young children.

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Making sure young children are counted in the 2020 census

  • early childhood

U.S. Census officials are asking early childhood supporters to help ensure all infants, toddlers and preschoolers are counted.

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Starting Arizona’s young children on the path to healthy vision

  • health & nutrition

The Eyes On Learning campaign advises parents to get their child’s first vision screening as early as age 1 and at least once more between ages 3-5.

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