These Commission Summaries are intended to provide highlights of the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners’ actions to advance the outcome areas of First 5 LA’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. At the March 10 Commission meeting, highlights include extension of the Early...
Research reveals that exposure to trauma in childhood is associated with many long-term issues into adulthood, including anxiety, depression and PTSD, as well as chronic health conditions such as asthma, heart disease and diabetes. But there is hope. Esta Soler,...
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Head of Leading Early Childhood Advocacy Organization Looks Forward to Working with Speaker Rendon on Policies to Help Give L.A. County’s Kids the Best Start LOS ANGELES– First 5 LA Executive Director Kim Belshé offered the following statement of congratulations to...
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Desiree Puentes could only pray for help. The young mother was struggling to raise four children in Monterey Park in 2013 while caring for her bed-ridden great grandmother. She had also suffered from domestic violence at the hands of her husband and was currently...
Each month, Executive Director Kim Belshé reports to the Board the highlights and key developments made in the work of First 5 LA and the broader early childhood development landscape. This February, Belshé spoke of her efforts to meet with members of each of the 14...
In the interview below, Supervisor Kuehl discusses her greatest concerns for Los Angeles County children, her aspirations for First 5 LA during 2016 and her dream team for every child What does the opportunity to become First 5 LA’s Board Chair mean to you? “I’m very...
These Commission Summaries are intended to provide highlights of the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners’ actions to advance the outcome areas of First 5 LA’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan.At the February 11 Commission meeting, highlights include the Board’s approval to...
María Contreras creció viendo el abuso doméstico que sufrió su madre. Después de casarse y tener a sus propios hijos, ella sintió que la historia en su casa del Sur de Los Ángeles se repetía cruelmente. Durante 10 años su esposo abusó de ella de manera verbal y en...
