Full force of community needed to support families during difficult times
During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona offers free webinars to help professionals help families build their resilience.
New regional council members vow strong start for kids
Thirty four new regional partnership council members join the already 274 dedicated community members who serve on 28 FTF regional councils across Arizona.
Smart Talk: New interactive learning tool shows the power of conversation
What’s the best way to support the language and early literacy development of very young children? There’s a well-established and growing base of evidence for the power of adult-child conversations with words. A new, interactive learning tool from Read On Arizona — Smart Talk — is now available to help reinforce this message with parents … Read More
Quality early learning continues to improve in Arizona
Over the past seven years, both enrollment and quality levels have improved among providers participating in Quality First.
FTF honors three “extraordinary” women for Board service
FTF celebrates the contributions of three outgoing Board members whose collective service spanned more than a decade.
New community leaders bring both past experience and fresh perspectives to FTF Board
The First Things First Board recently welcomed two new members Steve Lynn of Tucson and Bea Rocklin of Phoenix.
Parentz Pod
The pArentZ pod – The Arizona baby and toddler podcast by First Things First – features interesting conversations with early childhood experts and information you can use to be the best parent you can be. Hosted by K Vilay, each episode also lets you know where you can find early childhood programs and services in your Arizona … Read More
What Looks Like Misbehavior Might Be Stress
[0:00:00] [Music] Interviewer: Welcome to The Parentz Pod, the Arizona baby and toddler podcast from First Things First. I’m Kay Vilay. Today, we’re going to talk about stress and the big emotions that come with it. All parents feel stress, and so do young children, even babies. We’ll talk about being a stress detective, how … Read More
Navigating the Partner Grant Management System
First Things First’s partner grant management system (PGMS) is a secure extranet environment through which most FTF reporting is submitted. Please review the following videos for instruction on how to complete program narrative reports, requests for reimbursement, data reporting and other common functions related to your grant award such as a budget modification or a … Read More