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#First5Live Event Focuses on Kindness
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson On Tuesday, December 12, First 5 LA Parents hosted a Facebook Q&A on “Cultivating...
What We’re Doing: A Roundup of First 5 LA Events and Activities
My Shot: Finishing the Choose Children 2018 series of interviews with gubernatorial candidates in Palo Alto, First 5 LA’s Vice President of Policy and Strategy Kim Pattillo Brownson joined leaders...
Champion for Children Katie Fallin Kenyon: Putting a Positive Spin on ECE
Who Is Katie Fallin Kenyon, Ph.D.? Looking back at her childhood, two simple pastimes stand out the most for Katie Fallin Kenyon: fond memories of playing outside until dark, and the countless hours...
2017 Happy Endings
A third generation teen mom trying to break the cycle for her children. A low-income family facing a 1,337 percent increase in their child care costs. A Russian family with a newborn about to pitch...
4 Kids and a Question: 2017 Bloopers
Early Childhood Matters – Issue #22
Early Childhood Matters – Issue #21
What We’re Doing – A Roundup of First 5 LA News, Events and Activities
A TRISC-it: First 5 LA Executive Director Kim Belshé served on a panel in late October with other prominent Los Angeles County leaders at the Annual Summit for St. Anne’s, a local nonprofit that...
Commission Summary for November 9, 2017
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...
All Systems Go
Each morning, Maria Munoz wakes up her 2-year-old son, Robert, before dawn at 5 a.m. to leave their home in Littlerock in the Antelope Valley. They head to his speech therapy sessions 12 miles away...
