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Building strong families one visit at a time

  • strong families

First Things First funds voluntary, evidence-based home visitation programs. These one-on-one visits with trained providers have been shown to be an effective…
Board chair, Nadine Mathis Basha

Former longtime FTF Chair shares farewell

  • board

Nadine Mathis Basha recently completed her service as the longest serving Board member in FTF history.
Child Abuse Prevention Month

Preventing child abuse starts with strengthening families

  • strong families

April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, but prevention activities can happen every day. One way families can help prevent child abuse is to mitigate…
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Q&A with AZAEYC Board President Eric Bucher

  • early learning

The Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children is celebrating Week of the Young Child, April 8-12.

Care1st Resource Center

Avondale family resource center celebrates 10-year anniversary

  • Southwest Maricopa

The Avondale family resource center is a centralized hub of not only services for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, but a wide-range of social and human…
Doralina Martinez on playground

Linking Leaders programs allows early childhood teachers to build their strengths

  • professional development

The goal of Linking Leaders is to connect center owners, directors and teachers with resources that raise the quality of the children’s environments.
Quality First teachers practice yoga at child care center

Quality First Center uses yoga and nutrition tips to build family skills

  • Quality First

Quality First center introduces parents to yoga, nutrition information and provides access to community resources to help better care for their children.
Marjorie Juan

Tohono O’odham Nation elder finds joy in guiding and shaping young children

  • professional development

An FTF-funded professional development program helped a Tohono O’odham preschool teacher earn college credit for her degree.

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Live theater animates books for preschoolers

  • language & literacy

Studies found that when kids act out what they are reading, it helps the story come alive and allows kids to map the words to their experiences and better…

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