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Region Stories from Hualapai Tribe

These stories illustrate how early childhood programs and services funded by First Things First make a difference for young children and families in communities across Arizona.

Mom gets support to handle crisis with 5-year-old son through Hualapai Tribe

  • Hualapai Tribe

The FTF Hualapai Tribe Regional Council funds the Hualapai Early Childhood Home Visitation program that provides the family with a parent coach.
Mom holding her sons hands as he learns how to walk

Home visitation program provides support to Peach Springs boy with developmental milestones

  • Hualapai Tribe

The FTF Hualapai Tribe Regional Council funds the home visitation strategy which offers individualized support to parents of young children.
Mother and daughter with parent educator

Home visitation program helps Peach Springs girl reach healthy developmental milestones

  • Hualapai Tribe

“I’ve learned that it’s okay to ask questions or ask for help,” Racine Whatoname said. “I am so much more comfortable reaching out for feedback…
Young boy pointing to numbers

Quality First center in Peach Springs preserving native language for next generation

  • language preservation

The Hualapai Day Care center teachers in Peach Springs focus on preserving the region’s native language by teaching it to the next generation of young…

Four Peach Springs mothers, all sisters, find support for their young children through home…

  • Hualapai Tribe

Rochelle Kennedy enrolled in the Maternal Child Health program two years ago when she was pregnant with her daughter, Mia. Kennedy learned so much from her…
sisters-reading-book

Bilingual books build early literacy and cultural knowledge for Peach Springs sisters

  • language preservation

​​​After almost two years, 7-year-old Lena Montana and her little sister, Alyssa, 5, still carry around their bilingual children’s books filled with…

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