Congrats Dawn Beville for being the #FTFEastMaricopa Region Champion for Young Children. As a nurse & developmental specialist, Belville helped parents & her hospital's NICU team to participate in a Babies with Books Read-a-thon. Learn more.
bit.ly/4aGhmdl

Did you know a funding opportunity, made possible by an AZ Child Care Infrastructure Grant, supported child care providers, including Safford's Kinder Prep Academy? Learn more about how this helped the community. bit.ly/3U6O5Ti

Read how a Safford child care center improved security and doubled their outdoor space with a state grant, helping their community and the young families with children. bit.ly/3U6O5Ti

Thank you to Town of Florence AZ Mayor Tara Walter for declaring April 6-12 Week of the Young Child! 🎉 This partnership with First Things First, Arizona AEYC & Southern Arizona AEYC emphasizes the significance of early childhood programs for our children's bright future. yourvalley.net/stories/floren…

Read how a Safford child care center improved security and doubled their outdoor space with a state grant, helping their community and the young families with children. bit.ly/3U6O5Ti

#ChildCare allows parents to go to work, enables businesses to hire and retain workers, and invests in our children's futures. As our FTF State Board Vice Chair Steve Lynn shared at the Child Care Crisis Forum last week, if you know someone who should be included at the table,

Today, #AZFTF brought business leaders together to discuss the child care crisis in our state. Thank you to the Arizona Chamber for your partnership and Freeport-McMoRan and Intel for sponsoring. Special thanks to our moderator Danny Seiden and to our panel Chad Geston, Arizona Institute for

CEO Danny Seiden moderated a terrific panel today hosted by the Arizona Chamber & First Things First on the importance of accessible & affordable childcare to AZ’s workforce & economy. Childcare is an urgent economic development issue & we’re grateful to First Things First for its work to elevate & address it.

Earlier this week, Sonia from our Family, Friend & Neighbor Program accepted a Week of the Young Child Proclamation from City of Eloy.

Thank you, Mayor Powell & Eloy, for your support of early childhood education!

First Things First Arizona AEYC

Quality child care not only impacts Arizona's current workforce, but our future workforce as well. This is why we partner with First Things First to advocate for initiatives that support quality early learning and care. Learn more: bit.ly/3VUMqBt

#WeekoftheYoungChild

AZ needs high-quality child care to sustain a robust workforce. During this #WOYC24 CEO Contreras will join the Arizona Chamber + First Things First tomorrow for a forum at Helios Education Foundation to elevate the child care crisis facing the state and identify how to support employees that need childcare.

#AZFTF offers important outlets for families and their children around the state—family resource centers. They're available for child safety and family well-being and provide a host of other offerings. Read more about how they can help. #PreventChildAbuse
bit.ly/3PFSOce

Thank you, Benson Mayor Joe Konrad, for proclaiming April 6-12 as the Week of the Young Child for #FTFCochise Regional Council Member Demetry Simonton for accepting the proclamation! Arizona AEYC Southern Arizona AEYC

The #FTFNavajoNation Region is proud to partner with Arizona PBS and the PNC Foundation to sponsor a reading corner in Teec Nos Pos in the far northeast corner of Arizona on the Navajo Nation. azpbs.org/pressroom/2024…

Congratulations on your Quality First Star rating! Quality First is a program of #AZFTF that partners with child care and preschool providers across Arizona to improve the quality of early learning for kids birth to 5. Visit qualityfirstaz.com to learn more.

A strong AZ economy needs a well-educated and skilled workforce. But AZ can’t work unless child care works. Raise your voice for #EarlyChildhood to support Arizona’s families. #WOYC24
Arizona AEYC Southern Arizona AEYC First Things First firstthingsfirst.org/take-action

Week of the Young Child, #WOYC24 , begins April 6. Hear from Diane Salazar, Vice President of Membership Arizona AEYC and Jessica Howe, Vice President of Membership Southern Arizona AEYC about how you can get involved.
bit.ly/3PCJaa0

As National Child Abuse Prevention Month begins in April, #AZFTF 's family resource centers across the state provide much needed child safety and family well-being. Learn more about these important locations in our communities. #PreventChildAbuse
bit.ly/3PFSOce

Week of the Young Child, #WOYC24 , begins April 6. Hear from Diane Salazar, Vice President of Membership Arizona AEYC and Jessica Howe, Vice President of Membership Southern Arizona AEYC about how you can get involved.
bit.ly/3PCJaa0