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First Focus is a bipartisan children's advocacy organization, launched by America's Promise. The stated purpose of the organization is "making children and their families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions."〔(About | First Focus )〕 Funding support for First Focus comes from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. ==Core advocacy issues== First Focus has established three core issue areas for advocacy: ''Children’s Health''. First Focus advocates for critical federal programs like the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Healthy Start, and advancing federal efforts addressing issues, such as childhood obesity, child nutrition, oral health, mental health, and environmental health. ''Child Poverty and Family Economics''. First Focus is working to reduce childhood poverty and family economic security through measures such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit -- two effective, bipartisan tax measures that work to lift millions of children out of poverty. ''Tax and Budget Policy''. ''Education''. First Focus supports efforts to improve our nation's educational system and the non-school factors that are important to a child's education. ''Early Childhood''. ''Child Welfare, Rights, and Safety''. ''Juvenile Justice''. ''Children of Immigrants''. ''Advancing Research and Data''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First Focus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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