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Partnering with faith communities in supporting families and young children

  • family support

Faith communities play an important role in supporting high-quality early childhood experiences to help children be ready for kindergarten.
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Free online child care training launched

  • professional development

Starting Oct. 25, FTF will fund up to 15,000 subscribers to have access to the entire ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) training catalog.
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Reintroducing traditional indigenous foods to keep young children healthy in body, mind and spirit

  • health & nutrition

FTF partners with several Arizona tribes to support introducing indigenous foods to their communities’ babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Use of health consultants on the rise among child care providers

  • AZ communities

The AZ Healthy Child Care Helpline is available free of charge to Arizona child care providers to connect with a trained health expert.
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Pima County collaboration makes high-quality early learning more accessible to preschoolers

  • Pima South

Early childhood advocates in Pima County have succeeded in securing funding for about 1,200 scholarships for preschoolers.
Woman standing in hospital room talking to mother who recently gave birth to a child.

Helping eastern Arizona moms of newborns one conversation at a time

  • AZ communities

Tanya Montez’s connection to the early childhood programs throughout Graham and Greenlee counties has made her an indispensable resource.
Teacher working with preschool aged boys and a girl in a classroom.

Daycare – an outdated term that doesn’t reflect today’s child care

  • child care

The word daycare can be polarizing for those who know that the first five years build the foundation for later academic success.
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New funding set to nearly double the number of Quality First programs across Arizona

  • Quality First

The funding will allow the First Things First signature program, Quality First, to expand by up to 800 providers over the next three years.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences now have a price tag

  • health

A recent report from the Morrison Institute for Public Policy has put the annual cost of ACEs in Arizona at $260 million a year.

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