Champion for Children: Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo — From Child Immigrant to Advocate for Children and Families
Every Sunday, Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo drives to her parents’ home in Boyle Heights to make them coffee and visit. Like the café con leche she learned to make for them when she was 8 years old, this special day is steeped in a tradition of...
Read MoreMaking the News: Series Examines 20 Years of First 5 Accomplishments
For First 5s across California, the 20 th Anniversary of the passage of Proposition 10 has served as an opportunity for celebration and reflection.
Linda Jacobson, a senior reporter at Education Dive , used the anniversary as an opportunity ...
Read MoreCommission Meeting Summary for November 8, 2018
Highlights from the November 8 Commission meeting include: approval of the Strategic Plan refinement process; approval of Results for Children and Families and Monitoring Measures for First 5 LA’s Impact Framework; and extension of the L...
Read MoreWhere Are They Now? Success Stories from First 5 LA’s First 20 Years
(Editor’s Note: During this 20th Anniversary celebration of the passage of Proposition 10 by voters in November 1998, creating First 5s across the state, the Early Childhood Matters newsletter will occasionally feature select stories of how ou...
Read MoreWhat We’re Doing: November 2018
First 5s in D.C.: More
than 20 First 5 representatives went to Washington, D.C. in November to educate
partners and representatives about the important role of First 5 in system building,
advocate for federal protections for vul...
Read MoreBest Start Helps to Enhance El Monte Park
Yadira Lue used to feel hopeless when she would look across the street at Zamora Park from the window of her El Monte home. The poorly illuminated park stained with graffiti and littered with decaying equipment was no place to take her 4-year-o...
Read MoreRx for a Healthy Start
Three tales of how First 5 LA is making a difference.
Gobbling Up Good Habits
If you made a New Year’s resolution last month – including the vow to eat healthier – there’s an 80 percent chance that you gave up by mid-February.
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Read MoreAn Advocacy Odyssey: Los Angeles to Sacramento
For First 5 LA, the journey toward sponsoring its first state legislation did not begin in a conference room, at a power lunch or anywhere near a Sacramento lawmaker’s office.
It began late last fall in the back seat of a rented Nissan Altim...
Read MoreWhat it Takes to Advocate
What a long, extraordinary trip it’s been. First 5 LA’s journey toward shaping legislation in Sacramento in 2018 that began last fall has racked up some impressive – and unique – numbers. Propelled by planes, their brains and automobile...
Read MoreMaking the News: Developmental Screening
Kids, starting at birth, are expected to meet certain developmental milestones as they grow, including how they use language, how they move (think crawling, running and jumping), how they interact with others, and how they manage and express emot...
Read MoreData / Reports
In our pursuit of our mission, we are constantly learning, measuring, and monitoring key data to gauge our progress...
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The First 5 LA Press Room is a helpful first stop when seeking recent statements and positions on our accomplishments and priorities for L.A. County’s youngest children...
Read More »Blogs
This blog by members of the First 5 LA team is a reflection of our collective efforts and lessons learned in pursuit of our North Star: By 2028, all children in L.A. County will enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life...
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Our Funding Center will keep you posted on new funding and contract opportunities, including our funding guidelines, requirements and procedures...
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