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Best Start Takes the Next Step
Jeff Schnaufer | First 5 L Writer &...
4 Kids and a Question: What do you like about your teacher?
What do you like about your teacher?
Parents’ Point of View: Selecting a Preschool
What advice would you give to parents who are selecting a preschool?
Early Childhood Matters – Issue #26
Legislative Update: Changing the Rules to Make Things Work Better for Children
By Peter Barth, First 5 LA Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs In a recent Board meeting, First 5 LA Commissioner Judy Abdo described systems change as “making things work better” and...
Legislative Agenda
SB 982 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB982Senator Holly MitchellThis bill would change the sums from which the family’s income is to be deducted to...
Connecting Points: Focused on the Work Ahead
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...
Commission Meeting Summary for March 8
These Commission Summaries are intended to provide highlights of the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners’ actions to advance the outcome areas of First 5 LA’s 2015–2020 Strategic Plan. Highlights from...
Champion for Children Jennifer Pippard: It’s All about Relationships
Imagine as a child having the freedom to bring up any topic for discussion as desired during family meals? For Jennifer Pippard, it was a wonderful way to grow up. “We often laugh now that the food...
