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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.
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 First Things First Graham/Greenlee Regional Partnership Council funds Story Time at the Library and similar programs to help families nurture language…
The FTF Central East Community Forum on Strengthening the Child Care Workforce was the first of a planned set of statewide quarterly forums.
Over the next few months, FTF will be spotlighting long-time regional council members through a series of short question and answer articles. We kick off this…
The United Way of Graham and Greenlee Counties recently renewed FTF’s grant that expanded early childhood mental health consultation.
The FTF Graham/Greenlee Regional Partnership Council funds the Healthy Families program, which provides parents with free, in-home visits from a parent…
Tanya Montez has been selected as the 2022 First Things First Graham/Greenlee Champion for Young Children.The award is given to local champions who actively…
A new 2+2 program will help early childhood teachers attain their bachelor’s degree in early childhood degree in eastern Arizona.
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