When her son Johnny was just a toddler, Natalie noticed that he was experiencing behavioral difficulties. “At 3-years-old, I’d take him to the park to play but he wouldn't play or socialize with other children. He’d throw sand at them. I’d tell him not to do that but...
Early Childhood Matters Provides Monthly In-Depth Features, Latest News on Giving Kids the Best Start
Head of Leading Early Childhood Advocacy Organization Looks Forward to Working with Speaker Rendon on Policies to Help Give L.A. County’s Kids the Best Start LOS ANGELES– First 5 LA Executive Director Kim Belshé offered the following statement of congratulations to...
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 February 11 Commission meeting, highlights include the Board’s approval to...
In the interview below, Supervisor Kuehl discusses her greatest concerns for Los Angeles County children, her aspirations for First 5 LA during 2016 and her dream team for every child What does the opportunity to become First 5 LA’s Board Chair mean to you? “I’m very...
Each month, Executive Director Kim Belshé reports to the Board the highlights and key developments made in the work of First 5 LA and the broader early childhood development landscape. This February, Belshé spoke of her efforts to meet with members of each of the 14...
Desiree Puentes could only pray for help. The young mother was struggling to raise four children in Monterey Park in 2013 while caring for her bed-ridden great grandmother. She had also suffered from domestic violence at the hands of her husband and was currently...
María Contreras creció viendo el abuso doméstico que sufrió su madre. Después de casarse y tener a sus propios hijos, ella sintió que la historia en su casa del Sur de Los Ángeles se repetía cruelmente. Durante 10 años su esposo abusó de ella de manera verbal y en...
Early Childhood Matters Provides Monthly In-Depth Features, Latest News on Giving Kids the Best Start
Ver en español» As a young child growing up, Maria Contreras bore witness to years of domestic abuse suffered by her mother. After she married and had children of her own, Contreras felt history cruelly repeat itself in her South Los Angeles home. For 10 years, her...
