First Things First exists solely to improve the lives of children birth through age five; in order to ensure their readiness for school and support their families in preparing them for a lifetime of success and wellbeing.
First Things First continually seeks new innovative activities and approaches in pursuit of achieving the goals set out by statute, which are also 6 areas that have significant impact on young children.
Those goals and impact areas are:
- Quality early care and education
- Access to those those quality programs, as well as health providers,
- Early health and screenings
- Parent and family information and support
- Professional development of early care and education providers
- Coordination, documentation and evaluation of early childhood programs and services
- Informing the public about the importance of early childhood to establish and reflect a culture of quality that is accountable to young children and their families.