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What We’re Doing: November 2019
by Amado Ulloa | Nov 25, 2019 | Articles, News & Resources
Pictured L-R: Senior Government Affairs Strategist Jamie Zamora; Strategic Partnerships Manager Alba Bautista; Community Relations Manager Fabiola Montiel; Policy Analyst Taylor Ferguson;...

Making the News: California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and a Revolutionary Approach to Public Health
by Amado Ulloa | Nov 25, 2019 | Articles, Author: Katie Kurutz, News & Resources
In the late 1990s, U.S. health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente conducted a 17,000-person study linking adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with poor health outcomes later in life. The...
Gov. Newsom Names First 5 LA’s Kim Pattillo Brownson to California’s Early Childhood Policy Council
by Amado Ulloa | Nov 22, 2019 | Articles, Press Room
Los Angeles - First 5 LA announced today that Vice President of Policy & Strategy Kim Pattillo Brownson has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve as a member of the State’s Early Childhood...

Early Childhood Matters Newsletter – November 2019
by Amado Ulloa | Nov 21, 2019 | Articles, Early Childhood Matters Newsletters
Stay up to date on the latest news from First 5 LA by subscribing to our Early Childhood Matters newsletter via the sign-up below.Early Childhood Matters is a once-a-month newsletter covering the...
Help Me Grow- Los Angeles Pathways Request for Proposals (RFP)- CALL FOR INTERVIEWERS
by Amado Ulloa | Nov 7, 2019 | Articles
POSTING DATE: November 14, 2019 CLOSING DATE: December 19 , 2019 January 17, 2020 Updates: 12/4/2019- Documents translated in Spanish added. 12/19/2019- Deadline for application has been extended to...

Early Childhood Matters Newsletter – October 2019
by Amado Ulloa | Nov 4, 2019 | Articles, Early Childhood Matters Newsletters
Stay up to date on the latest news from First 5 LA by subscribing to our Early Childhood Matters newsletter via the sign-up below.Early Childhood Matters is a once-a-month newsletter covering the...
HMG- LA PATHWAYS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
by Amado Ulloa | Oct 31, 2019 | Articles
POSTING DATE: October 31, 2019 CLOSING DATE: 5:00 p.m. PT on December 2, 2019 Update: November 14, 2019- The following have been posted: Informational Webinar recording and presentation slides...

Making the News: Trump’s Public Charge and the “Chilling Effect” on Families
by Amado Ulloa | Oct 30, 2019 | Articles, News & Resources
Katie Kurutz-Ulloa | First 5 LA Communications...

A Child — and a Law — Worth Fighting For
by Amado Ulloa | Oct 29, 2019 | Articles, Author: Jeff Schnaufer, News & Resources
Jeff Schnaufer | First 5 LA...

First 5 LA Recognized for Bolstering Early Literacy, Little by Little
by Amado Ulloa | Oct 28, 2019 | Articles, Author: Christina Hoag, Little By Little, News & Resources
Six decades ago, Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs and Ham” hooked Geoffrey Canada on reading and saved him from a lifetime of poverty in the South Bronx, “one of the wastelands we have in this country,” he...