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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.
The professional development program is designed to strengthen knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices and how young kids learn.
Pre-k teacher Ysidro Holmes is flourishing, thanks in part to support and mentoring from the Great Expectations program, funded through First Things First.
The FTF Navajo Nation Regional Council is one of 15 FTF regions that supports professional development opportunities, including college scholarships.
The FTF La Paz/Mohave Region funds the professional development strategy to help more early educators earn their CDA Credential.
The path to earning two college degrees was not a simple one for Juan, whose career in early childhood education on the Tohono O’odham Nation spans more than…
The goal of Linking Leaders is to connect center owners, directors and teachers with resources that raise the quality of the children’s environments.
An FTF-funded professional development program helped a Tohono O’odham preschool teacher earn college credit for her degree.
In-depth professional development has helped southern Arizona early childhood educators earn college credit and work toward degrees in early childhood.
After working for about a decade as an early childhood teacher at the Pascua Yaqui Head Start, Maria Jones had a decision to make.New regulations require…
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