During the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California on a warm Sunday afternoon in April, First 5 LA provided many grateful parents with a breastfeeding booth, kids’ activities and diaper-changing area. It was First 5 LA’s 8th...
“If L.A. County does it, it could and should be done everywhere.” Delivered by Help Me Grow founder Dr. Paul Dworkin to the First 5 LA Board, those words spoke to the significance of First 5 LA’s collaborative effort to develop Help Me Grow-LA (HMG-LA), a systems-wide...
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 May 11 Commission meeting, highlights include approval of the Best Start...
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Parents' Points of View: Local Elected Officials
“We’re here to talk about the children.” Spoken by a small, bespectacled grandmother by the name of Zonia Sanchez, these seven words reached across the desk and grabbed the ear of the Lancaster lawmaker seated beneath the California State flag. As Assemblyman Tom...
First 5 LA to Work with Governor, Legislature, Advocates and Parents to Help Make California a Place Where Young Children Can Thrive LOS ANGELES – Leading early childhood advocates in Los Angeles County today praised Governor Brown’s May Revision to the State Budget...
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