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What We’re Doing: Winter 2020
by Amado Ulloa | Jan 30, 2020 | Articles, News & Resources
Pictured L-R: California Strategies Partner Monique Ramos; California State Board of Education Executive Director Karen Stapf Walters; Vice President of Policy & Strategy Kim Pattillo Brownson;...

Engaging Families Through Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors: It Starts with a Single Story
by Amado Ulloa | Jan 29, 2020 | Abriendo Puertas, Articles, Author: Christine Tran, Blogs, News & Resources
Christine Tran | First 5 LA Family Supports Program...

Countdown to the Census
by Amado Ulloa | Jan 28, 2020 | Articles, News & Resources
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles in the coming months by First 5 LA exploring the importance of counting young children during Census 2020.) [module:cb-Plain Text:24] While...

A California Budget Proposal that Prioritizes Young Children
by Amado Ulloa | Jan 10, 2020 | Articles, Author: Kim Belshé, News & Resources
Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget builds upon the robust leadership he and the Legislature demonstrated last year to prioritize young children. Once again, we see the Governor prioritizing a...

Early Childhood Matters Newsletter – December 2019
by Amado Ulloa | Dec 19, 2019 | Articles, Early Childhood Matters Newsletters
Stay up to date on the latest news from First 5 LA by subscribing to our Early Childhood Matters newsletter via the sign-up below.Early Childhood Matters is a once-a-month newsletter covering the...

What We’re Doing: December 2019
by Amado Ulloa | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, News & Resources
Pictured L-R: (back row) Senior Government Affairs Strategist Jamie Zamora; Community Relations Officer Bill Gould; Vice President of Policy & Strategy Kim Pattillo Brownson; Director of Community...

Breaking Past Cycles of Intergenerational Trauma
by Amado Ulloa | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, Author: Krystal Green, Blogs, Integrated Health
“It’s easy to hand down trauma.” These were the words spoken by California’s Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, on the second episode of “OWN Spotlight: Black Women OWN the Conversation,” a...

Birth Equity Summit Explores the Link Between Racism and Black Infant Deaths
by Amado Ulloa | Dec 18, 2019 | African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM), Articles, Author: Ruel Nolledo, News & Resources
December...

An Ally Through Adversity
by Amado Ulloa | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, Author: Jeff Schnaufer, First Connections, News & Resources
Jeff Schnaufer | First 5 LA...

From Detention to DULCE: An Immigrant Mother’s Tale
by Amado Ulloa | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, Author: Jeff Schnaufer, News & Resources, Project DULCE
Illustration by Gustavo Muniz ...