Los Angeles County Child Care Planning Committee 2017 Needs Assessment OVERVIEW The early years of a child’s development lays the foundation for success in school. According to Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, 700 to 1,000 new neural connections form every...
First 5 LA Concerned Kids Could Face Waves of Setbacks in State & Federal Investments in Young Children LOS ANGELES – Children’s health and education would be among the greatest casualties in Los Angeles County under cuts outlined in the Trump Administration’s budget...
Renews Investment in Statewide Early Care and Education Workforce Registry to Boost Professional Development Opportunities and Streamline PaperworkLOS ANGELES – First 5 LA, a leading early childhood advocacy organization, announced it will extend its strategic...
One by one, on a crisp winter evening in downtown Sacramento, the lawmakers shed their coats and ducked into the confines of a darkened lounge not unlike many others in the state capitol where power is brokered and deals are made. But instead of huddling up at the bar...
For this months edition of 4 Kids and a Question we asked: How do you get what you want?
When Kim Pattillo Brownson brought home her first-born child several years ago, she was met with her first moment of deep uncertainty as a new parent. “There was that moment where I thought, 'Do I remember how to swaddle her? And if my baby cries for more than a...
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“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Truer words were never said about Nancy Au and Dr. Philip Browning – two First 5 LA Commissioners who departed the Board in early 2017. Au, who...
In an effort to improve child outcomes, First 5 LA leaders and staff recently joined about 100 data experts and stakeholders from a broad range of disciplines at the Southern California Regional Health & Human Services Open DataFest to bring together knowledge,...
