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Re-envisioning the ACEs Screening Experience for Families and CBO
by Fraser Hammersly | Feb 24, 2022 | Articles, News & Resources, Trauma and Resiliency-Informed Systems Change (TRISC)
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February 10, 2022 Board of Commissioners Meeting Summary
by Fraser Hammersly | Feb 24, 2022 | Articles, News & Resources, Our Board
Fraser Hammersly | First 5 LA Digital...

Family and Community-Based Organization Experiences in Screening for and Treating ACES
by Fraser Hammersly | Feb 23, 2022 | Articles, News & Resources, Trauma and Resiliency-Informed Systems Change (TRISC)
January 2022 ACEs Aware is an initiative launched by the California Department of Health Care Services and the Office of the California Surgeon General with the goal to reduce ACEs by half in one...

Welcome Baby Orientation & Protocol Manual
by Fraser Hammersly | Feb 4, 2022 | Articles
Welcome Baby Orientation & Protocol Manual (Revised as of 11/30/21) Purpose: This document describes the criteria that new Welcome Baby sites must meet to demonstrate the extent that the program...

A Blueprint to Build On: What Gov. Newsom’s Proposed 2022-23 State Budget Means for Early Childhood and Family-Serving Systems
by Fraser Hammersly | Jan 27, 2022 | Articles, Author: Charna Widby, News & Resources, Policy Agenda
Charna Widby | First 5 LA Chief Government Affairs Officer,...

Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Provides $520,000 Support for Maternal/Infant Health Programs in Los Angeles and San Diego
by Fraser Hammersly | Jan 25, 2022 | News & Resources, Press Room
Funding will support First 5 LA’s Welcome Baby and Select Home Visiting programs and For The Village’s free doula services and education program Editor's note: This release has been updated to...

L.A. Care – Help Me Grow LA Evaluation Request for Proposals (RFP)
by Amado Ulloa | Jan 24, 2022 | Articles, Closed Funding Opportunity
POSTING DATE: January 24, 2022 CLOSING DATE: 5:00 p.m. PT on February 22, 2022 UPDATE on February 16, 2022: - Under the Questions and Answers section, the Questions and Answers document has been...

The Governor Unveiled the 2022-23 Budget Proposal which Serves as a Framework to Advance the Health and Well-Being of California’s Youngest Children
by Fraser Hammersly | Jan 13, 2022 | Press Room
ALAMEDA, CA (January 12, 2022) - On Monday, Governor Newsom released his proposed 2022-23 budget plan, a framework that features important investments to advance the health and well-being of...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Healthcare (MLKCH) receives the Baby-Friendly Designation from World Health Organization (WHO)/Unicef
by Fraser Hammersly | Jan 6, 2022 | Home Visiting Programs, Press Room
January 6, 2021 BreastfeedLA is pleased to announce that MLK Community Healthcare (MLKCH) is the first and only hospital newly designated as a Baby-Friendly Hospital by Baby-Friendly USA in...

November 10, 2021 Board of Commissioners Meeting Summary
by Fraser Hammersly | Nov 18, 2021 | Articles, News & Resources, Our Board
Fraser Hammersly | First 5 LA Digital...