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School Readiness

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First 5 LA's School Readiness Initiative (SRI) creates centers and programs that provide a wide range of services to help children from birth to age 5 get ready for school. SRI engages families, community members, and educators in the important work of helping children develop the solid foundation necessary to enter kindergarten prepared to succeed.

SRI builds upon existing early childhood development programs by integrating them with parenting/family supports, as well as health and social services. Services are culturally and linguistically appropriate, and sensitive to the needs of diverse populations including children with disabilities and other special needs.

Through this $134 million partnership with First 5 California, First 5 LA currently funds 42 school readiness communities throughout Los Angeles County.

 


Grantees/Services

Learn more about School Readiness grantees and the services they provide:

  • Bellflower Unified School District

    This school district administers comprehensive educational services for children in kindergarten through 12th grade and for adults in the Southeast area of Los Angeles County which includes Bellflower, Lakewood and Cerritos.

  • Bienvenidos Children's Center

    The agency provides family support services, foster care services, health services, substance abuse services, and welfare-to-work services for families throughout the San Gabriel Valley.

  • California Hospital Medical Center Foundation (Hope Street)

    The medical center provides comprehensive hospital services for people of all ages in Los Angeles County. The hospital is also authorized to enroll children in low-cost health insurance programs through the Healthy Kids program.

  • Child and Family Guidance Center

    The agency provides mental health and related services for youth and families in the Antelope, San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys.

  • Child Care Resource Center

    The agency provides child care services and welfare-to-work supportive services for residents of Los Angeles County.

  • Children's Bureau of Southern California

    The agency provides child abuse services, family life education and foster care services for people of all ages in Los Angeles.

  • Children's Center of the Antelope Valley

    The agency provides child abuse services and education services for children and families of all ages who have experienced child abuse and live in the Antelope Valley.

  • Children's Institute Inc

    The agency provides child abuse services, child care, family support services, foster care services, mental health services, substance abuse services and welfare-to-work support services for people of all ages and their families in Los Angeles County.

  • Drew Child Development Corp

    The agency provides child care services, family preservation, and mental health services primarily for people who live in  South Central Los Angeles.

  • El Rancho Unified School District

    The school district administers comprehensive education services for children in kindergarten through grade 12 and child care for children ages 2 to 4 who live in Pico Rivera.

  • Estrada Courts Resident Management

    The Housing Authority owns and manages housing for low-income people, administers subsidized housing programs, and conducts direct service programs in the City of Los Angeles.

  • Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services

    The agency provides education services, foster care, out-of-home care for boys, and welfare-to-work support services for families in Los Angeles.

  • Human Services Association

    This is a community services agency which provides support services for people who live in the southeast Los Angeles area.

  • Intercommunity Child Guidance Center

    The center provides early childhood education, mental health services and welfare-to-work support services for youth and families.

  • International Institute of Los Angeles

    The agency provides child care and early childhood education for low-income families with children ages 0 to 5 from Los Angeles County.

  • Lawndale Elementary School District

    The district administers comprehensive education services for children who are in kindergarten through grade 8 who live in the City of Lawndale and portions of Gardena and Hawthorne.

  • Lennox Unified School District: School Readiness Center

    The district administers comprehensive education services for children in kindergarten through 11th grade.

  • Long Beach Unified School District

    The district administers comprehensive education services for people who live in Avalon, Lakewood, Long Beach and Signal Hill.

  • Los Angeles Education Partnership

    The Los Angeles Education Partnership's mission is to help students in high-need schools improve their academic achievement through collaborative partnerships with educators, parents and the community.

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

    The program provides early childhood education and school readiness programs for families of children from 0 to 5 years of age in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

  • Mountain View School District

    The school district administers comprehensive education services for children in kindergarten through grade eight only who live in El Monte and South El Monte.

  • Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

    The district provides K-12 education for youth in the Norwalk and La Mirada areas.

  • Para Los Niños

    The agency provides child care, clothing, counseling services, family life education, and youth services to families who live in the Los Angeles.

  • Paramount Unified School District

    The district provides comprehensive K-12 education and adult education for people in the Paramount, South Gate, and surrounding parts of Long Beach.

  • People Coordinated Services

    The agency provides congregate and home delivered meals, residential treatment for substance abuse,  substance abuse services and services for older adults who live in Los Angeles County.

  • Pomona Unified School District

    The school district administers K-12 education for people who live in Pomona, and parts of Diamond Bar.

  • Rowland Unified School District

    The district administers adult education and K-12 education services for people of all ages who live in Rowland Heights, and parts of West Covina, City of Industry, La Puente and Walnut.

  • South Bay Center for Counseling

    The center provides family support services, information and referral, and mental health services for people of all ages who live in Los Angeles County.

  • St. John's Well Child and Family Center

    St. John's clinic has grown to become a major nonprofit network of federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and school based clinics throughout downtown, south and northeast Los Angeles. St. John's Well Child and Family Center provides medical, dental, mental health services, case management, health education and social support to more than 100,000 patient visits in south Los Angeles. We operate eleven sites - including five comprehensive community health centers and six school based clinics spanning the breadth of downtown and south central Los Angeles and Compton. In addition, St. John's operates many community health, social service and school readiness programs. These programs are designed to improve birth outcomes and reduce high-risk pregnancies and improve readiness for school among pre-school children and their families. We also provide child care and early childhood development services, parenting workshops, workforce readiness trainings and parent/child literacy projects. Our Mission is to eliminate health disparities and foster community well being by providing and promoting the highest quality care in South Los Angeles. The vision of St. John's Well Child and Family Center is to deliver high-quality primary and preventative medical, dental and mental health services that go beyond the borders of tradition to the uninsured, underserved and economically disadvantaged persons in Los Angeles. We are devoted to instilling the value of well being to our communities, resulting in self-advocacy, self esteem and self sustenance, through innovative and devleopmental programs and collaborative endeavors.

  • Vaughn Next Century Learning Center

    Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, located in Pacoima, is a large urban public school within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

  • Vista del Mar Child and Family Services

    The agency provides adoption services, counseling services, out-of-home care and placement, and special education for families in Los Angeles County.

  • Westside Children's Center

    The agency provides child care services, family preservation, family support services and foster care services for families in Los Angeles County.