First Things First

All children should have an equal chance to succeed in school and life.  That is what First Things First is all about; giving children the tools they need to arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.

First Things First is a voter-created organization dedicated to expanding education and health services for ALL Arizona children birth through five.

We must engage children early because about 80% of a child’s critical brain development happens before age 3. Programs that help make the brain connections made during this time lay the foundation for a lifetime. The mission of First Things First, its programs, services and funding helps make this happen.

Getting children ready for school means much more than packing their lunches, filling their backpacks and getting them to the bus on time; it starts the day they are born.

For more information on FTF programs and how they support children birth to five, please visit us at: www.azftf.gov  or contact your local Community Outreach Coordinator Rana Hermosillo at 602.771.5076.