News & Resources
What We’re Doing – A Roundup of First 5 LA News
Making of a Mural: This touching mini-documentary about the development of Best Start Metro LA’s Mobile Mural. The mural is a visual representation of Metro's community-driven Culture of Respect...
4 Kids and a Question: Halloween Edition
Parents’ Point of View: Traumatic Events on the News
Funding Guidelines
First 5 LA is a leading early childhood advocate working collaboratively across L.A. County. First 5 LA was created in 1998 to invest L.A. County’s allocation of funds from California’s Proposition...
Early Childhood Matters – Issue #19
Parents’ Point of View
Champion for Children: Barbara Andrade DuBransky Keeps on Truckin’ for Kids
Growing up in the 1980s, Barbara Andrade DuBransky’s favorite place in the world was her father’s 1963 Chevy pickup truck. The simple moments of driving around her hometown of Santa Maria,...
#First5Live Event Focuses on Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is a rewarding, but sometimes challenging, experience for some new moms. On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, First 5 LA Parents was joined by The Pump Station cofounder Corky Harvey for a...
First 5 LA, Kids Go a Long Way to Heal the Bay
Paper or plastic? How about both — plus Styrofoam cups, cigarettes, bottles and other types of trash and recyclables picked up by kids and their families on August 5, when First 5 LA united with...
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Most cute baby pictures prompt a smile. And then there is the baby picture that causes Juana Fernandez to cringe. “There is actually a picture of me when I was a little baby holding a baby pin that...
