How do you write the stories that YOU want to read and then get them published? This microdumentary follows members of the Best Start Metro LA (BSMLA) Communications Task Force as they attend a writing workshop led by journalist Eileen Truax. By addressing the issues...
As a leading early childhood education advocate, First 5 LA thanks the Governor and the California State Assembly and Senate for making the state’s youngest learners a top priority LOS ANGELES – In a significant victory for California’s youngest children, their...
First 5 LA’s vision is a future where every child prenatal to age 5 in Los Angeles County grows up healthy, protected and ready to succeed in school. Each month, we will ask people who work with, care for, or advocate on behalf of young children and their families in...
Years ago, First 5 LA Commissioner Cynthia Harding said reaching out for help about her child's development left her feeling confused and helpless. “The pediatrician said I shouldn't get her screened, because she would just get labeled,” noted Harding, who is also the...
Two significant changes to the First 5 LA Board took place in May: Commissioner Suzanne Bostwick retired from her four-year role as a Board alternate and Brandon Nichols launched his role as a First 5 LA alternate Commissioner. During her years of First 5 LA service,...
“Home visiting is a great area of potential partnership between First 5 LA and the County.” - Board Chair and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl These Commission Summaries are intended to provide highlights of the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners’ actions to advance...
Highlighting the agency’s commitment to living within its means during a declining funding curve, First 5 LA’s Commission unanimously approved a new, $161.5 million budget on June 9 for fiscal year 2016-17. Key elements of the new budget, which goes into effect on...
Sometimes a conclusion becomes the first chapter of a new beginning. (LAUP) is in transition from the past into the future. After providing high quality affordable preschool to children of working and middle class families in Los Angeles County for over a decade, it...
June 14, 2016 When LaQuita went to a South...
Budget Advances Emphasis on Sustainable Public Financing, Public Policy and Systems-level Change LOS ANGELES – First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners today approved a fiscal year 2016-2017 budget that advances the organization’s emphasis on sustainable public financing,...
