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Ages and Stages

Ages and Stages: Updated developmental milestones

  • child development

First Things First has revised our online Ages and Stages content for families with young children to reflect recent updates to developmental milestones from…

First Things First’s Parents Playbook breaks down the game plan for parenting

  • early care and education

These short videos take the format of a sports news television program, but the players are babies, toddlers, preschoolers and families.

Child Care for Babies

Additional help available for early learning providers to increase wages and benefits

  • Quality First

More funding is now available for Arizona child care providers to help with workforce wage increases, bonuses and other employee incentives.

graphic of a man holding a boy on his shoulders

Help keep kids connected to health care

  • AZ communities

Early childhood supporters can help families not get dropped from KidsCare or AHCCCS by encouraging them to update their contact information.

woman in pink tshirt holding up a board book in front of a small child.

Pinal community members work together to support families of young children

  • Pinal

The Pinal Early Childhood Coalition has a mission that all the county’s children are prepared for kindergarten.

Focusing on early childhood mental health

  • social-emotional development

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to focus attention on the social, emotional and behavioral health of our young children.Just like their physical…

three women stand outside of Phoenix resort, holding an award

FTF and partners honored for keeping young kids on track with immunizations

  • La Paz/Mohave

FTF and partners were chosen for a series of pop-up immunization events to help families catch up after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two young children running outside of their portable classroom as the teacher looks on.

Expanding child care options in Arizona one center at a time

  • child care

In recent years, across Arizona, FTF has supported expanded child care options through direct funding and collaborating on ideas.

teacher and preschoolers around a table with play dough and cutters

Creating a pipeline of early childhood teachers in eastern Arizona

  • Graham/Greenlee

A new 2+2 program will help early childhood teachers attain their bachelor’s degree in early childhood degree in eastern Arizona.

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