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.
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January 15, 2025 Dear, Los Angeles County Community, First and foremost, I hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe. Our hearts go out to the members of our community and their loved ones who have been impacted by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles...
SACRAMENTO, CA (January 10, 2024)—The First 5 Network, which includes First 5 California, the First 5 Association of California, and First 5 LA, issued the following statements regarding Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2025-2026 budget: Governor Newsom’s proposed...
First 5 LA has created a dedicated resource page to help families, communities and partners navigate and access the available services and supports related to the Palisades and Eaton Fires. This webpage will be updated as new information becomes available. Emergency...
November 21, 2024 One of the highlights at First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners meeting this month was a discussion on the four initiatives that will be used to implement First 5 LA’s 2024-2029 Strategic Plan. Based on input from community members and partner...
November 21, 2024 First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners Meeting took place on November 14. Highlights included a presentation on the initiatives and tactics that will shape the implementation of the 2024-2029 Strategic Plan, a vote on the agency's multi-year Policy...
November 14, 2024 The recent...
Following a summer hiatus, First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners reconvened in person for its October 9 meeting. Highlights of the agenda included a vote on an update to First 5 LA's Long-Term Financial Plan, an initial discussion on a proposed multi-year Policy Agenda...
By, Ruel Nolledo | Freelance Writer October 21, 2024 Hopeful, one person typed into the chat box. Inspired, said another participant. Heard, added a third person. The responses continued: Excited. Connected. Motivated. Awesome. Included. These were just some of the...
October 2024 According to historians, the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza made landfall at Morro Bay on a foggy, overcast day in October, four-hundred thirty-seven years ago. That ship, part of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade Route, counted among its...
By, Ruel Nolledo | Freelance Writer September 17, 2024 How fostering connections in one of L.A.'s largest regions can help in the fight against Black infant and maternal mortality. We got this. We got this. Whitney Shirley repeated the phrase over and over, like a...
