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Region Stories from Yuma

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.

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Quality First center helps San Luis boy with social and literacy skills

  • Yuma

The nurturing environment at a Quality First preschool helped preschooler with skills needed to be successful in kindergarten.

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Quality First preschool prepares Yuma siblings for kindergarten success

  • Yuma

As a divorced single mother of 2-year-old twin boys and a 9-month-old daughter, Laura Elena Torres of Yuma struggled to make rent, food and other monthly…

Dr. Sonal Subbu is Yuma’s 2017 Champion for Young Children

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Dr. Sonal Subbu has been selected as the 2017 Yuma First Things First Champion for Young Children.The award is given to local champions who actively volunteer…

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Yuma mom helps build her daughter’s vocabulary by reading to her from day one

  • Yuma

When Amy Crawford gave birth to her baby girl, she felt an overwhelming anxiety.​​​​​“We felt lost and scared and did not know what to do,”…

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Mark Becker is Yuma’s 2018 Champion for Young Children

  • Yuma

Mark Becker has been selected as the 2018 Yuma First Things First Champion for Young Children.The award is given to local champions who actively volunteer…

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Parents as Teachers helps Yuma child find her words

  • Yuma

Abigail Rauso and her husband Michael were troubled when their baby Hannah was a little over a year old and not speaking words.The child would communicate in…

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