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As Native American Heritage Month is recognized, importance of teaching young children native…

  • language literacy and culture

This year, the importance of teaching young children native language is being highlighted during November’s Native American Heritage Month.
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Working together to better meet the developmental needs of Arizona’s youngest children

  • health and developmental screenings

Ensuring a child’s healthy development is a partnership between families, non-profit and public agencies, health care providers, early educators and other…
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Helping families find the best fit for home visitation

  • resource coordination and referral

A program supported by First Things First is making it a little easier for families to find support as their child’s first teacher through in-home visits.
Walter Gilliam

How bias plays a part in early childhood expulsion

  • early childhood

Walter Gilliam presented Early Childhood Expulsion and Bias: How We Can Do Better for Our Children, at the 2019 First Things First Early Childhood Summit.
Breastfeeding

First Baby Café in Arizona named after former FTF regional partnership council member

  • Navajo/Apache

The Summit Healthcare Leslie Meyer Baby Café is named after long-time FTF Navajo/Apache Regional Council member Leslie Meyer, who passed away this year.
2019 annual report

FTF’s 2019 Annual Report details how young lives are impacted throughout Arizona

  • early childhood

The FTF 2019 annual report details working with communities and families to promote school readiness in Arizona’s young children.

Liz Barker Alvarez

FTF Chief Policy Advisor recognized for exemplary leadership

  • AZ communities

Liz Barker Alvarez, FTF’s Chief Policy Advisor, was recently recognized as one of 12 Profiles of Success by Valle del Sol.

Thank you to FTF’s long-serving regional council members

  • champion

First Things First celebrates the community volunteers who have served on regional partnerships councils for 10 years.
2019 summit attendees greeted my Marilee Dal Pra

FTF Early Childhood Summit celebrates advocacy for Arizona’s young children

More than 1,400 early childhood professionals, stakeholders and champions from across Arizona were brought together at the 2019 FTF Summit.

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