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2020 to be Los Angeles County’s Year to Advance Early Childhood Education
With the banner “Our county, our children, our commitment,” Los Angeles County leaders have earmarked 2020 as the year to focus on youth issues, including a strong focus on early childhood to...
Los Angeles Early Care and Education Provider Financial Analysis
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) partnered with the California Community Foundation and First 5 LA to study the financial and operational challenges faced by 26 ECE center-based providers in Los Angeles...
A Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis of the Los Angeles County Early Care and Education System
With funding from the Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission, First 5 LA, and the Office of Child Protection (OCP), OCP engaged a team of national experts in early childhood systems...
2020-28 Strategic Plan Accelerates First 5 LA on Path Toward Its North Star
Jeff Schnaufer | First 5 LA...
Standing Up To Federal Regulations that Harm Children & Families
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Commission Meeting Summary for November 14, 2019
Highlights from the November 14 Commission meeting include the approval of the 2020-2028 Strategic Plan and presentations on First 5 LA’s year-in-review. The Board of Commissioners meets on the...
Reviewing 2019, Preparing for 2020
Every year California’s state policy leaders make decisions impacting young children and their families in Los Angeles County, from allocating funds in the state budget to changing laws to...
What We’re Doing: November 2019
Pictured L-R: Senior Government Affairs Strategist Jamie Zamora; Strategic Partnerships Manager Alba Bautista; Community Relations Manager Fabiola Montiel; Policy Analyst Taylor Ferguson;...
Making the News: California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and a Revolutionary Approach to Public Health
In the late 1990s, U.S. health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente conducted a 17,000-person study linking adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with poor health outcomes later in life. The...
Gov. Newsom Names First 5 LA’s Kim Pattillo Brownson to California’s Early Childhood Policy Council
Los Angeles - First 5 LA announced today that Vice President of Policy & Strategy Kim Pattillo Brownson has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve as a member of the State’s Early Childhood...
