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Sharing the importance of investing in early childhood on Arizona Gives Day

  • AZ communities

FTF is sharing information on the Early Childhood Scholarship Fund, a fund at the Arizona Community Foundation, which supports Quality First Scholarships.
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Services help to reach Arizona children most vulnerable to tooth decay

  • oral health

Tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease and can cause lasting harm to a child’s health and impact their development.

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Data finds home visitation making an impact by reaching families most in need

  • home visitation

FTF recently shared a year of data showing that home visitation programs are reaching families who are most likely to benefit.

Programs aim to create stable environment for children of incarcerated parents

  • AZ communities

FTF supports programs for families of young children who face challenges because they have a parent in jail or prison.
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Despite continued struggles, child care in Arizona finds support in new ways

  • child care

Early childhood providers discuss the challenges child care programs face in Arizona and how they are overcoming the odds.
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Sharing how parents can build early literacy by talking to babies

  • early learning

Kat Willard, Senior Director of Family Support and Literacy at First Things First, shares creative ways to have intentional conversations with your little one.
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New oral health care resource launches for National Children’s Dental Health Month

  • oral health

FTF and partners coordinated to launch the Healthy Teeth resource in time for February’s National Children’s Dental Health Month.

A Yuma mom shares how home visitation changed her parenting life

  • family support

The video is a conversation with Yuma mother on the impact home visitation made on her parenting and the success she’s seen in her son.

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PNC Foundation grant to help child care centers address COVID-19 health and safety concerns

  • child care

The PNC Foundation recently awarded FTF a grant to create the AZ Healthy Child Care Helpline for child care providers.

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