Region Stories

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.

Sherie Gifford is the 2024 Champion for the Yavapai Region

November 18, 2024
champion Yavapai Champion for Young Children

Sherie Gifford is the program manager at Little Learners through High Country Early Intervention dba Karen A. Fay in Prescott. Read More

College scholarship helps Pascua Yaqui teacher give her students a strong educational foundation

1/12/2018
tribal

After working for about a decade as an early childhood teacher at the Pascua Yaqui Head Start, Maria Jones had a decision to make.New regulations require…

Becoming kindergarten ready through pediatric care coordination in El Mirage

1/12/2018
parenting education

You may look at Gianna Cota today and see that she is a self-assured, motivated first grader who loves math and science, meeting new friends and learning new…

Good oral health becomes family tradition for Heber family

1/12/2018
oral health

For Tiffany Western and her five children, oral health has become a family tradition.First Things First funds the oral health program in the Navajo/Apache…

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

1/12/2018
family support

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…

Quality First program helps Whiteriver child with speech difficulties find her voice

1/12/2018
Quality First

Military families face many challenges. From moving to a new town every two to four years to adjusting to the deployment of a family member, military…

Quality First scholarship helps Tohono O’odham family

1/12/2018
Quality First

Catherine Toro wanted her 2-year-old daughter Hailey to be somewhere that would help with her early childhood development.From the first day they visited…

Developmental screening program helps get Avondale preschooler ready for kindergarten

1/12/2018
Southwest Maricopa

Maria Covarrubias of Avondale remembers watching her 3-year-old son Cesar, sitting by the door all day waiting for his older sister to return from…

Home visitation program prepares Nogales preschooler for kindergarten and beyond

1/12/2018
family support

Nicole Velasquez had heard of the Healthy Families AZ program, which includes home visitation through the family resource center in Nogales, where she took…

Gardening encourages San Carlos Apache girl to make healthy food choices and stay active

1/12/2018
San Carlos Apache

Gardening became an adventure for young Kelsie Garland when she was introduced to it at Head Start in Bylas.Kelsie was part of a garden program called Grow…

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