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For Parents. To help you do the best you can, here’s some information, tools and resources for supporting your child’s healthy development and learning.
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About FTF. Created by Arizona voters, First Things First partners with families and communities to help our state’s young children be ready for success in kindergarten and beyond.
Grants. First Things First invests in strategies and programs that support the development, health and learning of children from birth to age 5 (before kindergarten).
Get Involved. First Things First partners with families and communities to give all Arizona children the opportunity to arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
Arizona philanthropist Ira A. Fulton, who worked with the Basha family to champion the creation of First Things First, recently passed away.
Parents do not expect a preschooler to be suspended or expelled. But it happens more often than many families realize. In fact, according to…
Examine the struggles COVID babies face in early education and the skills they missed during critical social development periods.
The map allows Arizona policymakers and stakeholders to visualize the 66 funding streams that support early childhood services.
The breakfast, Early Education is Everyone’s Business, brought together more than 600 business leaders and educators to champion the cause.
Building Bright Futures, 2023 Statewide Needs and Assets Annual Report is FTF’s biennial assessment of the status of young children.
Today’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers are our state’s generation next—the generation that in just a couple of decades will be entering the workforce…
The FTF Board created the position recently for an Indigenous Representative based on feedback received from tribal leaders and designees.
The 2022 FTF Impact Reports give insight into how First Things First is supporting families and their young children in your community.
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