Region Stories

These stories illustrate how early childhood programs and services funded by First Things First make a difference for young children and families in communities across Arizona.

Whiteriver toddler benefits from parenting tips her mother received in home visits

November 4, 2022
home visitation White Mountain Apache Tribe

The FTF White Mountain Apache Region funds the Parents as Teachers program, which provides parents with free, in-home visits from a parent educator. Read More

Good oral health becomes family tradition for Heber family

1/12/2018
oral health

For Tiffany Western and her five children, oral health has become a family tradition.First Things First funds the oral health program in the Navajo/Apache…

Four Peach Springs mothers, all sisters, find support for their young children through home…

1/12/2018
family support

Rochelle Kennedy enrolled in the Maternal Child Health program two years ago when she was pregnant with her daughter, Mia. Kennedy learned so much from her…

Quality First program helps Whiteriver child with speech difficulties find her voice

1/12/2018
Quality First

Military families face many challenges. From moving to a new town every two to four years to adjusting to the deployment of a family member, military…

Quality First scholarship helps Tohono O’odham family

1/12/2018
Quality First

Catherine Toro wanted her 2-year-old daughter Hailey to be somewhere that would help with her early childhood development.From the first day they visited…

Developmental screening program helps get Avondale preschooler ready for kindergarten

1/12/2018
health and developmental screenings

Maria Covarrubias of Avondale remembers watching her 3-year-old son Cesar, sitting by the door all day waiting for his older sister to return from…

Home visitation program prepares Nogales preschooler for kindergarten and beyond

1/12/2018
family support

Nicole Velasquez had heard of the Healthy Families AZ program, which includes home visitation through the family resource center in Nogales, where she took…

Gardening encourages San Carlos Apache girl to make healthy food choices and stay active

1/12/2018
health

Gardening became an adventure for young Kelsie Garland when she was introduced to it at Head Start in Bylas.Kelsie was part of a garden program called Grow…

Parenting education class helps Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community mom prepare her daughter…

1/12/2018
family support

Sierra Conger lived in multiple foster and group homes during her childhood. She never experienced a sense of family, so when she found herself pregnant at age…

Maricopa mom attributes kindergarten success to parenting education program

1/12/2018
school readiness

Mid-year of kindergarten at Butterfield Elementary School in Maricopa, 5-year-old Ruby Hoeh’s reading indicators were assessed. She was performing at a…

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