As First 5 LA works in partnership to make the vision of our 2024-2029 Strategic Plan a reality for every child in L.A. County, we acknowledge the contributions that have helped shaped the actions we will take to create meaningful, long-lasting change for our youngest children. These collective efforts have helped shape how First 5 LA organizes and communicates our shared work, rooted in partnerships and the strengths of our current collaborations. We are grateful for the guidance and insights of our board of commissioners, partners, community members and system and policy leaders. We share appreciations to the dedicated First 5 LA team and our consultants for leading the critical engagement work.

Community Partners

AAPI Equity Alliance
Active San Gabriel Valley
African American Leadership Organization, Inc.
All 4 Kids
Allies For Every Child
Antelope Valley Partners for Health
Best Start South LA
Black Women for Wellness
Breastfeed Los Angeles
California WIC: Women, Infants & Children
Child and Adult Care Food Program Roundtable
California Black Women’s Health Project
California Children’s Academy
California Community Foundation
California Department of Social Services
California Department of Education
California Health Care Foundation
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Catalyst California
Cedars-Sinai
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles
Child Care Resource Center
Child Lane
City of Los Angeles Department for Community Investment for Families
Coalition Children
Common Spirit Health: Building Healthier Communities
Community Partners
California State University Northridge, Family Focus Resource & Empowerment Center
Early Edge California
El Nido Family Centers
Emanate Health
First 5 California
First 5 Orange County
First 5 San Diego
Habitat for Humanity Los Angeles
Health Net
Heising-Simons Foundation
Honorable Hernan Vera, Central District of California
Hunger Action Los Angeles
iDream for Racial Health Equity
InnerCity Struggle
LA Best Babies Network
LA Care Health Plan
LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment
Los Angeles County Child Abuse Prevention Councils
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Liberty Hill Foundation
Los Angeles County Community Members
Los Angeles Food Council Policy
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Los Angeles Parks Foundation
Los Angeles Walks
Los Angeles Unified School District
Love, Dad
Maternal Mental Health Now
Nature For All in Los Angeles
North LA County Regional Center
Northeast Valley Health Corporation
Nourish California
ÓRALE
Pacoima Beautiful
Para Los Ninos
Partnership for Growth LA
Pasadena Unified School District
Prevention Institute
Prime Health Care
Providence Little Company of Mary
Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission
Public Health Foundation Enterprise WIC
Pukúu, Cultural Community Services
Resources Legacy Fund
Rising Communities
San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative
Shields For Families
SoCal Grantmakers
SoCal Pacific Islander Community Response Team
T.R.U.S.T. South LA
The Children’s Center of the Antelope Valley
The Children’s Partnership
The Help Group
The Nonprofit Partnership
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences
United American Indian Involvment (UAII)
USC Center for Economic and Social Research
USC Dornsife, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
We Are LBRE: Long Beach Residents Empowered
Westside Regional Center
Willowbrook Inclusion Network
WIN Los Angeles
Zero to Three

 First 5 LA Board of Commissioners

Holly J. Mitchell, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Second District, Chair

Summer McBride, Appointed by L.A. County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Second District, Vice Chair

Robert Byrd, Psy.D, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Alma Cortes, Appointed by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, Third District

Astrid Heger, M.D., Appointed by Kathryn Barger, Fifth District

Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Abigail R. Marquez Appointed by Supervisor Janice Hahn, Fourth District

Maricela Ramirez, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Carol Sigala, Appointed by Supervisor Hilda Solis, First District

Ex Officio Members

Alejandra Albarran Moses, Policy Roundtable for Child Care and Development

Brandon Nichols, Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services

Jacquelyn McCroskey, DSW,
Appointed by Commission for Children and Families

Deanne Tilton Durfee, Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)

Board of Commission Alternates

Mary Romero Barraza, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Luis Bautista, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Priya Batra, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Victor Manalo, Appointed by Supervisor Janice Hahn, Fourth District

Frank Ramos, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

Kristin McGuire, Appointed by Supervisor Hilda Solis, First District

Winnie Wechsler, Appointed by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Fifth District

Sylvia S. Swilley, Appointed by Supervisor Holly Mitchell, Second District

Julie Taren, Appointed by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, 3rd District

Strategic Plan Implementation Consultants

Chrissie Castro, Castro & Associates

Rigoberto Rodriguez, Castro & Associates

Jenny Kern, Spitfire Strategies

Nancy Strohl, Consultant

 




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