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For Parents.To help you do the best you can, here’s some information, tools and resources for supporting your child’s healthy development and learning.
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About FTF. Created by Arizona voters, First Things First partners with families and communities to help our state’s young children be ready for success in kindergarten and beyond.
Grants. First Things First invests in strategies and programs that support the development, health and learning of children birth to age 5 (before kindergarten).
Get Involved. First Things First partners with families and communities to give all Arizona children the opportunity to arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
An interactive mapping tool helps the First Things First Navajo/Apache Regional Council make better informed decisions.
A Show Low mom was looking for full-time child care for her newborn son. After some research, she found Tracy’s Child Care Center, through Quality First.
Parents and caregivers are the first defense in helping prevent tooth decay in Arizona’s youngest children.
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…
Cathy Grant’s grandson had a rough start in life.When he and his younger sister came to live with Grant, Jacob was almost 4. Yet, he had speech delays and…
​​Around the time that Sherri McCollan’s daughter Carmen turned 4 years old, she began to notice some changes in her daughter’s personality. McCollan…
Clay Stidham Jr. has been selected as the 2017 Navajo/Apache First Things First Champion for Young Children.The award is given to local champions who actively…
FTF and partners are working together to find solutions for oral health challenges in rural Arizona.
Healthy Steps Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO) is a free program funded by First Things First and offered through Summit Regional Medical Center in Show…
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