June 25, 2018 Two decades ago, Larry...
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Bordering on Inhumanity: Trump’s Policy of Forcibly Separating Migrant Families Deliberately Causing Trauma to Children
By Kim Belshé, Executive Director, First 5 LA In recent weeks, the Trump administration’s new border crossing policy has separated more than 2,000 children from their migrant parents. Heart-wrenching photographs of small children in cages at federal processing...
Budget Update: Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
By Kim Belshé, Executive Director of First 5 LA Earlier this week Legislative leaders passed the State Budget for the Fiscal Year that begins on July 1, 2018. We anticipate Governor Brown will sign the bill into law well in advance of the constitutional deadline on...
Progress Made for California’s Children and Families in State Budget
Stage Set for Future Leaders to Deepen Commitment to Investments in Home Visiting, Early Care & Education LOS ANGELES – Today, the California Legislature approved the $200 billion state budget proposal, including more than $1 billion to strengthen the systems of...
Connecting Points: Budgeting for the Future
By Kim Belshé, Executive Director, First 5 LA The Board of Commissioners meets on the second Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated, at the First 5 LA offices. All meetings are open to the public, and agendas are posted on our website at least...
Co-Creating an Oasis: A New Context for Care of African American Mothers
First 5 LA Commissioned a focus group of 100 black woman about their experiences with the health care system as well as pregnancy to further understand the impact of racism on a black woman’s well being. Here are the findings. To view the full report, click here. To...
Early Childhood Matters – Issue #27
Taking a Stand – as a Child, a Mom and an Advocate
By Fabiola Montiel, Community Relations Program Officer May 31, 2018 I began standing up for young children when I was only a 7-year-old child. When I was growing up in Mexico, a young boy named Noe and his grandmother lived next to my house. His grandmother had taken...
Young Best Start Moms Take Their Case to State Capitol
May 31, 2018 When Evelin Balbuena-Galvez...
Commission Meeting Summary for May 10, 2018
Highlights from the May 10 Commission meeting include approval to amend a Strategic Partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health for up to $10.1 million over five years as the Help Me Grow-Los Angeles (HMG-LA) Organizing Entity, as well as a...
