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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.
Building Bright Futures is FTF’s biennial assessment of young children in three major areas: strong families, healthy children and educated young students.
Responding to the 2020 Census is an easy, safe and important way to ensure needed resources are provided for young kids and their communities for the next 10…
The 2019 FTF Impact Reports give insight into how First Things First is supporting families and their young children in your community.
First Things First values its community partners and continually seeks ways to support agencies whose work strengthens families.
Ensuring that affordable, high-quality child care is available to all was one of several early childhood-related issues named as a priority action.
FTF Chief Program Officer Amy Corriveau has dedicated her professional life to expanding and improving early education opportunities in Arizona.
A city-funded high-quality preschool program is showing other Arizona cities and towns that investing in its youngest residents pays off.
The FTF Yuma Region received the Outstanding Service Organization award from the Arizona Community Foundation of Yuma at its annual Heart of Yuma ceremony.
Liz Barker Alvarez, FTF’s Chief Policy Advisor, was recently recognized as one of 12 Profiles of Success by Valle del Sol.
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