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Week of the Young Child Proclamations 2026

First Things First recently teamed with the Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children (AzAEYC) to celebrate the Week of the Young Child, which highlights the importance of early learning and the educators who support the… Read More

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Meet FTF’s new Board Chair and Vice Chair

  • AZ communities

FTF Board Chair Steve Lynn and Vice Chair Steve Peru answer questions about their motivation to be advocates for Arizona’s youngest children.

Learning from the Cochise County communities to help families establish concrete supports

  • family support

The Cochise Regional Council recognized that family resources are hard to access and there are many factors that go into a family’s success.

Welcome new regional council members

New regional council members excited to join dedicated community advocates

  • Regional Partnership Councils

FTF is welcoming 40 new regional partnership council members who are joining the more than 250 dedicated community members across Arizona.
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Showing up and listening to the child care needs of northern Arizona’s communities

  • child care

The FTF Coconino Region team works daily to create a common understanding of the challenges families face as they raise their young children.

Majority of Arizona voters believe state should invest more in child care, according to survey

  • child care

The recently released survey showed that 77% of all voters believe Arizona should invest more in child care.

Leaders gather to discuss the child care crisis in Yuma.

Child care taskforce, led by the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation, is announced at…

  • Yuma

Yuma leaders discuss the economic impact of the child care crisis and create a taskforce to raise solutions.

Southern Arizona initiative strives to help families build prosperity

  • Pascua Yaqui Tribe

Pima County has embarked on an ambitious generational effort to decrease poverty among its 1 million residents.

State fiscal map shows bigger picture of early childhood funding

  • AZ communities

The map allows Arizona policymakers and stakeholders to visualize the 66 funding streams that support early childhood services.

FTF and Arizona Chamber of Commerce host Child Care Forum to talk solutions

  • child care

In Arizona on average, businesses lose $2,020 per working parent annually through reduced revenue and in extra hiring costs.

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