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For Parents.To help you do the best you can, here’s some information, tools and resources for supporting your child’s healthy development and learning.
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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.
“Now with the help of our parent educator, I’ve learned many different approaches so that my husband and I can help Ariya with life skills and prepare her…
Reina Jimenez said, “I know that this program is what helped his progress the most and I am happy and relieved about his development.”
Sylvia Hinton is training parents to help their children succeed in school in Whiteriver, Az through free parenting workshops.
“After we took the class, we really started talking more, sitting with each other, reading books, trying to understand each other and communicate,” said…
The Rio Rico Family Resource center provided the Luna’s with free classes and other activities to help their son prepare for kindergarten.
“These programs have made a difference for our family,” Chris Ortiz said. “I genuinely feel that I have become a more capable and confident parent.»
“I’ve learned that it’s okay to ask questions or ask for help,” Racine Whatoname said. “I am so much more comfortable reaching out for feedback…
When Olivia was 18-months-old, Stephanie enrolled in a home visitation program and began learning more about brain development and how all children develop at…
LeeAnn Sherman said she was «relieved to see that something like this existed,» because she didn’t know what to do after becoming the caregiver for her…
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