Kids Can't Wait
Bruce Lesley, Maxwell R. Rowshandel, MPH, Elliot Haspel, Jenny RudisillFrom the frontlines of child advocacy, Kids Can't Wait covers the policies, politics, and power struggles that shape children's lives — making the case for putting kids first in the U.S. and around the world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 383 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 14 days ago |
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The Wrong Fix: Why Capping Child Welfare Funding Would Repeat TANF's Mistakes
Two proposals to remake federal child welfare financing are now circulating in Washington. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released Charting the Course a few months ago. And on September 30, United Family Advocates (UFA) released Support...
Who Showed Up for Kids? Meet the 2026 Champions and Defenders of Children
Every year, the First Focus Campaign for Children’s (FFCC) Legislative Scorecard asks the question some lawmakers in Washington would rather avoid: “Who’s for kids, and who’s just kidding?”
We recently released our analysis for the 119th C...
The Wrong Path: Washington’s Budget Keeps Shortchanging Children
First Focus on Children has released Children’s Budget 2026, our annual accounting of what the federal government actually spends on kids across more than 250 programs.
The numbers are damning. The children’s share of federal spending has...
Trump Is Tearing Down the Kennedy Legacy
If you set out to embarrass a Kennedy, you could hardly script a better run than the one Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endured as a member of the Trump Administration, as its Secretary of Health and Human Services.
What I am referring to is th...
After Cornell: Protecting Survivors of Sexual Assault at Every Age
A Case That Shook the Country
The nation is rightly outraged by what a young woman says happened to her inside a Cornell University fraternity house in October 2024. In a 101-page civil complaint filed September 16, the former student...
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Enjoy working with others to make children a greater priority in policy and budget decisions by policymakers. President of First Focus on Children and First Focus Campaign for Children. My wife and I have 4 amazing children. Basketball fanatic.
Children's Health Advocate | MPH | Former CDC Analyst | Espresso Enthusiast
Child care policy expert, author, and writer of The Family Frontier substack.
Senior Vice President of Health Policy @firstfocusonchildren
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