We Build Common Ground and Get Uncommon Results
These days it seems that all politicians do is attack each other and little gets done.
At Children First, we find common ground to get UNCOMMON RESULTS.
You can read all about the uncommon results we achieved this year in our recent Annual Report, but here are the highlights:
- LARGEST INCREASE in funding for public schools ever
- BIGGEST BUMP in state funding for pre-k ever
- HISTORIC state-funded wage increase for child care staff
- AMBITIOUS state law passed to improve reading instruction
- CRITICALLY NEEDED funding to protect children from lead poisoning
We didn’t do it alone.
We are proud to work with parents and students who rely on Children First’s unrelenting efforts to improve children’s lives. They are front and center in our work, sharing their real-life experiences to make the case for urgent action.
Here’s what Cintia, a parent of three young children, told her lawmakers,
“If we want to save our democracy, the state must invest in the schools that educate my children, so they have a stake in preserving it!”
The powerful message that Cintia and other parents delivered with the help of Children First broke through.
The state legislature invested nearly $1.2 billion for our kids.
That sounds like a lot but still too many children languish in underfunded schools, start school without pre-k, and still thousands more cannot get the health care they need.
Next year we need to do much more, and we hope we can count on your continued support to make that happen.
Our big wins happen because we have supporters like you who make it possible for us to not take “no” for an answer. We are able to use every tool at our disposal to get both Republicans and Democrats to line up behind proven solutions that make the lives of children better.
Please donate $25, $50 or even $100 today to support our work to build common ground…and make sure we get even more uncommon results in the year ahead.
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