November 2023 By Anna Powell, Wanzi Muruvi, Lea J.E. Austin, and Abby Copeman Petig First 5 LA partnered with the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to produce this longitudinal report that details the trends and challenges facing the early education...
August 2023 One issue critical to addressing societal challenges and economic drivers is child care. In order for parents to work or go to school and maintain economic stability for their families, child care is essential. Child care enables families, workplaces, and...
November 15, 2022 First 5 LA is an independent county public agency that works to improve public systems so that they support the development of children, prenatal to age 5 in Los Angeles County. We want every child in the county to reach their full developmental...
June 2022 Investment in home visiting in Los Angeles (LA) County began in 1997 and has since grown substantially, using a variety of federal, state, and local public funds, as well as some private dollars, to support and grow a home visiting system. LA County has used...
October 2020 First 5 LA is excited to share the findings from a year-long evaluation of our First Connections program! In 2019-20 First 5 LA partnered with Harder+Company Community Research to conduct the evaluation. This evaluation collected quantitative and...
First 5 LA is pleased to share the Pathway to Progress report which acts as the baseline for assessing progress on the implementation of our 2020-2028 Strategic Plan. As such, the indicators presented in this report are forward-looking, providing critical information...
Medicaid is the largest health insurance program in the United States, covering more than 70 million people, including 28 million children. The program is an individual, rather than a family, benefit; resulting in parents/ caregivers and children often having...
The early months and years of life represent a unique window of vulnerability and opportunity for the entire family. For infants and their parents, positive experiences during this time can lay the groundwork for a lifetime of well-being, while negative experiences...
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) partnered with the California Community Foundation and First 5 LA to study the financial and operational challenges faced by 26 ECE center-based providers in Los Angeles County (with California Department of Education contracts) to help...
With funding from the Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission, First 5 LA, and the Office of Child Protection (OCP), OCP engaged a team of national experts in early childhood systems and financing to conduct a comprehensive fiscal analysis (CFA) of the...
