Updated - Deadline Extended to July 24, 2019 Updated - Questions and Answers posted 6/28/2019 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Service support unit must be located in Los Angeles County Minimum of five (5) years in operation as a legal entity DESCRIPTION:First 5 LA is soliciting...
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L.A. Mayor Garcetti: Mayors Should Do More for Youngest Constituents
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is urging his counterparts throughout L.A. County to increase efforts to provide quality preschool and child care to their youngest residents, noting that less than half of the county’s low-income children are ready for school by age 5,...
Family Place Libraries Initiative: Then and Now
“Shhh… no playing in the library!”Unlike typical library rules, these aren’t words you’ll hear in the family section of the Los Angeles County Carson Library. Home to the second and only West Coast Family Place Library™ training center, the L.A. County Carson Library...
When I Became a Father, I Learned Asking Can Be a Form of Advocacy
As a 20-year veteran of California politics and public affairs, I used to define advocacy as organizing marches, canvassing neighborhoods door-to-door, and staging press conferences to influence elected officials and policy makers.These remain effective techniques to...
Early Identification and Intervention Issue Briefs
Click here to read Issue Brief 1. Click here to read Issue Brief 2. On May 29, 2019 First 5 LA Health Systems Department released two early identification and intervention issue briefs and corresponding infographics. The briefs explore why too many children ages 0-5...
RESOURCE: Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development
On May 29, 2019 Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released the latest volume of “The Future of Children” — a journal that promotes effective, evidence-based policies and programs for children, along with a policy brief titled "Achieving Broad-Scale...
Early Childhood Matters Newsletter – May 2019
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All Together Now: A Budget Vision for Early Childhood Development
Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced revisions to his proposed state budget for the 2019–2020 state fiscal year, a $213.5 billion spending plan strengthened by higher-than-expected revenue forecasts and focused on some of the state’s most pressing...
Treasured Moments in Advocacy: Highlights from Advocacy Day 2019
“Sacramento, as big and...
Statement from Executive Director Kim Belshé on State Senate and State Assembly’s Proposed California State Budget
LOS ANGELES –First 5 LA today released the following statement from Executive Director Kim Belshé regarding the California State Senate and State Assembly’s passage of their proposed State Budget: “We applaud the Assembly and the Senate for prioritizing California’s...
