In the context of a global pandemic and rising awareness about racial inequities, there has perhaps never been a more apt time to celebrate the work that home visitors are doing to strengthen families and provide services that help close inequalities. This was one of...
First 5 LA Promotes Developmental Screenings with New Pediatrician Toolkit
July 2020 Pediatric clinics now have a free, practical...
First 5 LA Helps Get Food on the Road to L.A. County Families
Published June 29, 2020 There’s no question that...
First 5 LA Plays Linchpin Role To Deliver Diapers to Families
Published May 15, 2020 Toilet paper, disinfectant and...
2020 to be Los Angeles County’s Year to Advance Early Childhood Education
With the banner “Our county, our children, our commitment,” Los Angeles County leaders have earmarked 2020 as the year to focus on youth issues, including a strong focus on early childhood to strengthen the county’s social fabric in decades to come. Los Angeles...
First 5 LA Recognized for Bolstering Early Literacy, Little by Little
Six decades ago, Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs and Ham” hooked Geoffrey Canada on reading and saved him from a lifetime of poverty in the South Bronx, “one of the wastelands we have in this country,” he said. As he grew older, he found solace from his rough neighborhood in...
Gov. Newsom Underscores Long-Term Commitment to Early Childhood
It was hardly a typical day at work for California Gov. Gavin Newsom. He built a Lego block tower, pet a hamster and solicited feedback at a tea party with some of his youngest constituents, just 3 and 4 years old. Newsom was touring the innovative health and...
Can Businesses Benefit from Helping Parents Balance Family and Workplace Responsibilities?
With record-low levels of unemployment, businesses are finding it increasingly challenging to recruit qualified employees and retain quality talent. One solution many employers are turning to is establishing family-friendly policies that make working parents both...
Strengthening Families Through Home Visiting
For Midori, her home visitor’s advice on breastfeeding her newborn was crucial in deciding to keep nursing him. For Lidia, her stress and fears were allayed by reassurance from her home visitor that her son, born five weeks early, was developing normally. For Helen,...
L.A. Mayor Garcetti: Mayors Should Do More for Youngest Constituents
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is urging his counterparts throughout L.A. County to increase efforts to provide quality preschool and child care to their youngest residents, noting that less than half of the county’s low-income children are ready for school by age 5,...