We are excited to share with you "Community Perspectives"—inspiring stories of leadership and change from our 14 Best Start communities in Los Angeles County. Click below to download your copy in English or in Spanish:Community Perspectives 2014 English (pdf)Community...
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Community Member Spotlight: Pat Henson
It’s no surprise that a 70-year-old woman with 38 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren would eventually tire of running a children’s daycare center. But a year after closing her center, Pat Henson reopened it, and she credits Best Start with providing the...
Monthly Financials
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Helping Families and Kids Off to Their Best Start
A life of service may have been predestined for Public Affairs Officer Alfredo "Freddy" Lee, who comes from a long lineage of community service-oriented family members who have selected careers helping those in need medically, educationally and spiritually."My...
Best Start Communities Help Literacy Take Flight for Families
Parents and their children from Best Start Communities are participating in the Flights of Fantasy Story Theatre “Engaging Family in Literacy” Workshops, which informs parents about the important role story time plays in a child’s development of language and how it...
Bridging the Child Care Gap
First 5 LA will help preserve more than 3,200 child care slots at 11 nonprofit child development providers in Los Angeles County through an investment in the Los Angeles Early Childhood Education (LA ECE) Bridge Fund.A product of the Low Income Investment Fund, or...
Strategic Plan 2015-2020
First 5 LA's 2015-20 Strategic Plan: Focusing for the Future presents an exciting opportunity for First 5 LA to achieve greater clarity, direction and focus for impact and sustainability for the next five years and beyond. In addition to the long-term fiscal...
Policy-Advocacy Fund
The Early Care and Education Policy and Advocacy Fund (ECE PAF) is a five-year, $15 million investment. The fund is created to strengthen existing advocacy efforts and help create new opportunities for collaboration among groups and organizations seeking policy and...
Community Member Spotlight: Severiana Pablo
Severiana Pablo has lived her 58 years by one simple creed:“One might have a little but we still have to share what we have.”Severiana has done just that as a participant in Best Start Panorama City & Neighbors. Since 2011, Severiana has given whatever she can to help...
Groundbreaking for New Tot Park in South LA
First 5 LA and Best Start celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Avalon and Gage tot park for children and families in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 3.The 1/3-acre park, which will be completed in October, will feature play equipment focused on helping to improve...
