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Back-to-school optimism? Try finding child care, preschool
Nearly 3 million young parents across California confront long waiting lists and daunting costs By Kim Pattillo Brownson and Bruce Fuller Pristine optimism fills the air as our kids head back to school and start anew — a refreshing balm for blistering dog days of...
Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds
Submitted via www.regulations.gov Samantha Deshommes, Chief Regulatory Coordination Division U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Office of Policy and Strategy 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC...
We Must Build Strong Children
Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom has made early childhood development one of his signature issues. We at First 5 Los Angeles and First 5 organizations across California stand ready to help him turn that pledge into reality. The new governor’s goal of prioritizing funding for...
Record Low Birthrates and the Need to Invest in Childhood Development
California is facing an unprecedented demographic shift as our citizens are aging and birthrates are not keeping up. The Governor-elect and members of the State Legislature must prepare for this inevitable shift in population by prioritizing early childhood...
Pritzker Fellows Partnership Aims to Eliminate Black Infant Mortality Crisis
Working with First 5 LA, Pritzker Fellow Will Help Implement Key Components of L.A. County Public Health Department’s Black Infant Mortality Reduction Plan Los Angeles – African-American babies continue to die at higher rates than infants of other races. Seeking to...
Early Childhood Matters Newsletter – November 2018
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First 5 LA Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Passage of Prop 10
November 28, 2018 While some 20th...
First 5 LA Helps Cities Take the Lead in ECE
In the first convening of its kind, First...
First 5 LA Celebrates Community Leaders
November 28, 2018 Giving back. Giving...
