On November 20, 2013 the Watts-Willowbrook Best Start Community Partnership held a meeting on the Affordable Care Act and Covered California. Local experts and organizations came together to provide concrete support to the community by linking them to information, vital resources and health services. The purpose of the meeting was to address concerns about the new health care law, as well as to empower community partnership members to take action and share the information with others. Check out the video below to see Best Start in action!




Child & Family Progress Project Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

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POSTING DATE: AUGUST 20, 2025 DUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) ELIGIBLE PROPOSERS Proposers must meet the following minimum requirement(s): The selected organization must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience designing and executing...

First 5 LA August Board Meeting: Navigating the Shifting Landscape

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First 5 LA August Board Meeting: Navigating the Shifting Landscape

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An Absolute Equality: Celebrating Juneteenth

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By, Ruel Nolledo | Freelance Writer June 10, 2025 Nine hundred days. That's how long the dream of freedom was deferred for the enslaved Black people of Galveston, Texas. Although President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it...

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