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Quality First Arizona preschool in Flagstaff, teacher bending down to interact with students

Parents say Quality First helped their children with a strong start for kindergarten

September 29, 2022
Quality First Navajo Nation East Maricopa Cochise Quality First Scholarships kindergarten readiness

Many times, parents don’t know where to begin their search for a quality child care center or preschool. QualityFirstAZ.com makes it easy. Read More

Woman holding newborn baby, who has their eyes closed.

Advocates work together to provide support to expectant parents to reduce substance-exposed births

7/1/2022
Pinal

The SHIFT program, which stands for Safe, Healthy Infants and Families Thrive, was started through the Pinal County Courts.

Group of early childhood teachers standing with mayor and FTF Sr. Director Ashley Pascual

Building language skills with babies and toddlers in northwest Arizona

6/17/2022
language & literacy

The FTF grant allowed ECDE Associates Inc. to work with an international child language researcher to develop a language program.

Ages and Stages: Updated developmental milestones

6/15/2022
child development

First Things First has revised our online Ages and Stages content for families with young children to reflect recent updates to developmental milestones from…

First Things First’s Parents Playbook breaks down the game plan for parenting

6/3/2022
early care and education

These short videos take the format of a sports news television program, but the players are babies, toddlers, preschoolers and families.

Additional help available for early learning providers to increase wages and benefits

5/20/2022
AZ communities

More funding is now available for Arizona child care providers to help with workforce wage increases, bonuses and other employee incentives.

graphic of a man holding a boy on his shoulders

Help keep kids connected to health care

5/16/2022
AZ communities

Early childhood supporters can help families not get dropped from KidsCare or AHCCCS by encouraging them to update their contact information.

woman in pink tshirt holding up a board book in front of a small child.

Pinal community members work together to support families of young children

5/11/2022
Pinal

The Pinal Early Childhood Coalition has a mission that all the county’s children are prepared for kindergarten.

three women stand outside of Phoenix resort, holding an award

FTF and partners honored for keeping young kids on track with immunizations

4/28/2022
La Paz/Mohave

FTF and partners were chosen for a series of pop-up immunization events to help families catch up after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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