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Advocates work together to provide support to expectant parents to reduce substance-exposed births

  • Pinal

The SHIFT program, which stands for Safe, Healthy Infants and Families Thrive, was started through the Pinal County Courts.
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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.

Sensory and developmental screening helps identify speech delay in Queen Creek

  • Pinal

Like many Queen Creek families last year, Tori Shank, her husband Nathan, and their infant daughter Kayleen didn’t have a lot of interactions with other…

Dani Duran is the 2021 Pinal Champion

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Dani Duran has been selected as the 2021 First Things First Pinal Champion for Young Children.The award is given to local champions who actively volunteer…

Programs aim to create stable environment for children of incarcerated parents

  • family support

FTF supports programs for families of young children who face challenges because they have a parent in jail or prison.
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Family, Friends and Neighbor program helps Maricopa grandmother prepare granddaughter for…

  • early learning

The FTF Pinal Regional Partnership Council funds the Family, Friends and Neighbor program, which focuses on supporting in-home child care providers.
Kelly Cota

Kelly Cota is the 2020 Pinal Region Champion

  • champion

Kelly Cota has been selected as the 2020 First Things First Pinal Champion for Young Children.The award is given to local champions who actively volunteer…
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FTF-funded program fills assessment gap through online developmental screenings

  • child development

The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension has started offering free virtual developmental screenings in some of FTF’s rural and tribal regions.
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FTF statewide staff donates to Maricopa Family Advocacy Center

  • AZ communities

First Things First values its community partners and continually seeks ways to support agencies whose work strengthens families.

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