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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.
Amanda Aguirre has been selected as the 2020 First Things First Yuma Region Champion for Young Children.
First Things First recently partnered with AEA Federal Credit Union in Yuma to open AEA’s Read Everyday Corner at its main branch.
The nurturing environment at a Quality First preschool helped preschooler with skills needed to be successful in kindergarten.
The FTF Yuma Region received the Outstanding Service Organization award from the Arizona Community Foundation of Yuma at its annual Heart of Yuma ceremony.
Sandy Garrison has been selected as the 2019 First Things First Yuma Region Champion for Young Children.
A new early childhood classroom, where early childhood educators in Yuma County can learn how to work with young children with special needs, has opened.
As a divorced single mother of 2-year-old twin boys and a 9-month-old daughter, Laura Elena Torres of Yuma struggled to make rent, food and other monthly…
When Amy Crawford gave birth to her baby girl, she felt an overwhelming anxiety.“We felt lost and scared and did not know what to do,”…
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