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Bordering on Inhumanity: Trump’s Policy of Forcibly Separating Migrant Families Deliberately Causing Trauma to Children
By Kim Belshé, Executive Director, First 5 LA In recent weeks, the Trump administration’s new border crossing policy has separated more than 2,000 children from their migrant parents....
Budget Update: Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
By Kim Belshé, Executive Director of First 5 LA Earlier this week Legislative leaders passed the State Budget for the Fiscal Year that begins on July 1, 2018. We anticipate Governor Brown will sign...
Progress Made for California’s Children and Families in State Budget
Stage Set for Future Leaders to Deepen Commitment to Investments in Home Visiting, Early Care & Education LOS ANGELES – Today, the California Legislature approved the $200 billion state budget...
Connecting Points: Budgeting for the Future
By Kim Belshé, Executive Director, First 5 LA The Board of Commissioners meets on the second Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated, at the First 5 LA offices. All meetings...
Co-Creating an Oasis: A New Context for Care of African American Mothers
First 5 LA Commissioned a focus group of 100 black woman about their experiences with the health care system as well as pregnancy to further understand the impact of racism on a black woman’s well...
A Capitol Day for Early Childhood Advocacy
On a recent flight from Los Angeles to Sacramento, First 5 LA Commissioner Yvette Martinez spoke with a fourth grade teacher about the lack of early developmental screenings for young children,...
Commission Meeting Summary for May 10, 2018
Highlights from the May 10 Commission meeting include approval to amend a Strategic Partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health for up to $10.1 million over five years as the...
Young Best Start Moms Take Their Case to State Capitol
Jeff Schnaufer | First 5 LA Writer &...
Taking a Stand – as a Child, a Mom and an Advocate
By Fabiola Montiel, Community Relations Program Officer May 31, 2018 I began standing up for young children when I was only a 7-year-old child. When I was growing up in Mexico, a young boy named Noe...
