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First 5 Network Responds to Governor Newsom’s Proposed 2025-2026 Budget
SACRAMENTO, CA (January 10, 2025)—The First 5 Network, which includes First 5 California, the First 5 Association of California, and First 5 LA, issued the following statements regarding Governor...
L.A. County Wildfire Recovery Resources
First 5 LA has created a dedicated resource page to help families, communities and partners navigate and access the available services and supports related to the Palisades and Eaton Fires. This...
Working Together to Create Change: A Conversation with First 5 LA President & CEO Karla Pleitéz Howel
November 21, 2024 One of the highlights at First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners meeting this month was a discussion on the four initiatives that will be used to implement First 5 LA’s 2024-2029...
First 5 LA Board Discusses Initiatives and Tactics for Strategic Plan Implementation
November 21, 2024 First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners Meeting took place on November 14. Highlights included a presentation on the initiatives and tactics that will shape the implementation of the...
Bringing Vision to Action: Karla Pleitéz Howell Introduces 2024-2029 Strategic Plan Initiatives and Tactics
Karla Pleitéz Howell | First 5 LA Executive...
First 5 LA Board Approves New Financial Plan, Discusses Strategic Plan Implementation
Following a summer hiatus, First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners reconvened in person for its October 9 meeting. Highlights of the agenda included a vote on an update to First 5 LA's Long-Term...
Keeping the Momentum: Community Members Continue to Help Shape First 5 LA Strategic Plan
By, Ruel Nolledo | Freelance Writer October 21, 2024 Hopeful, one person typed into the chat box. Inspired, said another participant. Heard, added a third person. The responses continued: Excited....
Filipino American History Month 2024: Pioneers of Change
October 2024 According to historians, the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza made landfall at Morro Bay on a foggy, overcast day in October, four-hundred thirty-seven years ago. That ship,...
A Sisterhood for Saving Lives
By, Ruel Nolledo | Freelance Writer September 17, 2024 How fostering connections in one of L.A.'s largest regions can help in the fight against Black infant and maternal mortality. We got this. We...
National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: Pioneers of Change
September 2024 September 15 marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time when we commemorate the rich tapestry of history, traditions, culture and contributions of Hispanic...
