LOS ANGELES– First 5 LA, a leading public grantmaking and child advocacy organization, today named Kim Pattillo Brownson as Vice President of Policy and Strategy. The position is one of five executive team members tasked with the oversight, development and execution...
First 5 LA Raises its Voice for Young Children on Capitol Hill and other stories
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States Delivering a message on behalf of Los Angeles County’s youngest constituents – some who have yet to develop words of their own – First 5 LA...
These Commission Summaries are intended to provide highlights of the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners’ actions to advance the outcome areas of First 5 LA’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. At the April 14 Commission meeting, highlights include approval of First 5 LA’s State...
“Awesome.” “Thoughtful.” “Smart.” Those were just a few of the words used to describe the breastfeeding and diaper changing booths provided by First 5 LA at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California on a recent rainy April...
It’s all turning up smiles on Zonal Avenue in Los Angeles. The community recently gathered at the Children’s Medical Village at the LAC+USC Medical Center to celebrate the grand opening of their new Pediatric Dental Clinic. Thanks to a public-private partnership...
First 5 LA, a Leading Early Childhood Education Advocate, Calls on the California State Assembly and Senate to Ensure Quality Early Childhood Education Is Made a Top Funding PriorityLOS ANGELES – Despite strong public support for increased investments in early...
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By Kim Belshé and Robert K. Ross, M.D.When Jake was a child, his parents would scream at him every day. They told him everything he did was wrong and he was worthless. One day when Jake was 4, his father threw him against the wall three times.It was not until his...
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