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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 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.
The 2024 FTF Annual Report highlights the outcomes of First Things First’s work in collaboration with partners statewide.
In Arizona on average, businesses lose $2,020 per working parent annually through reduced revenue and in extra hiring costs.
FTF’s Shari Elkins works with community partners in the region to spread the same message: School readiness equals workforce readiness.
A funding opportunity was made possible by an Arizona Child Care Infrastructure Grant to support child care providers.
The week runs April 6-12 and is an annual nationwide celebration that focuses attention on early learning and its educators.
Chad Gestson wants to help Arizona’s influential leaders understand why early childhood education is essential to the economy.
Little Giants is one of about 400 child care providers scheduled to lose access to Quality First professional development and other benefits.
Building Bright Futures, 2023 Statewide Needs and Assets Annual Report is FTF’s biennial assessment of the status of young children.
A recent survey of Arizona’s working parents shows that 35% said they have left a job in the past year due to child care issues.
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