News & Resources
First 5 LA President and CEO Releases Statement on L.A. County Fires
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...
First 5 Network Responds to Governor Newsom’s Proposed 2025-2026 Budget
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...
L.A. County Wildfire Recovery Resources
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...
Working Together to Create Change: A Conversation with First 5 LA President & CEO Karla Pleitéz Howel
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...
First 5 LA Board Discusses Initiatives and Tactics for Strategic Plan Implementation
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...
Bringing Vision to Action: Karla Pleitéz Howell Introduces 2024-2029 Strategic Plan Initiatives and Tactics
Karla Pleitéz Howell | First 5 LA Executive...
First 5 LA Board Approves New Financial Plan, Discusses Strategic Plan Implementation
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...
Keeping the Momentum: Community Members Continue to Help Shape First 5 LA Strategic Plan
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....
Filipino American History Month 2024: Pioneers of Change
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,...
A Sisterhood for Saving Lives
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...
