The Orange County Health Care Agency, CHOC Children's, and UC Irvine have created an Orange County COVID-19 school and child care consultation Services program to answer questions and provide information to schools and child care providers in Orange County. The...

First 5 Orange County's Director of Partnerships and Government Affairs Tiffany Alva was recently quoted in the Orange County Register article "Preschools are getting creative to engage the youngest of Orange County’s learners." Even before the pandemic, nearly half...

First 5 Orange County Commissioner Susan McClintic writes in the Daily Pilot about glaring issues in the child care industry — and how First 5 Orange County is helping spearhead a major study to uncover the severity of the problem locally. Working with our community...

Child care has increasingly been in the spotlight as the pandemic forced to light massive flaws in the child care system in Orange County and nationwide. First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commissioner Susan McClintic speaks out about our child care system,...

First 5 Orange County has been featured in an article in the Orange County Register for our work with the OC Census. Read more at the link. This past week, First 5 Orange County held diaper giveaways in the predominantly immigrant neighborhoods around the Delhi...

Please join First 5 Orange County and the Orange County Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Collaborative for the release of the Orange County Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit in an upcoming webinar. The event will be held online from 6 to 7 p.m. June 29, 2020. RSVP...

One in 5 mothers and 1 in 10 fathers in Orange County are affected by perinatal depression and anxiety within their baby's first year of life. As these rates are expected to rise due to COVID 19 related stressors and social isolation, the Orange County Perinatal Mood...

The Orange County Health Agency is offering free COVID-19 testing through the county's new OC COVID-19 Testing Network to anyone with symptoms who does not have access to a healthcare provider. The testing is confidential and by appointment only for those with...

Estimados Proveedores de Educación y cuidado temprano,  El Grupo de Trabajo de Cuidado Infantil de Emergencia del Condado de Orange fue desarrollado para apoyarlo a usted y a sus programas durante esta pandemia. Juntas, las siguientes agencias están trabajando en...

First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll wrote an op-ed that has been published in Voice of OC. Goll explains the importance of the 2020 census, what's at stake, and why everyone should be counted. Read the piece here:...