Happy New Year! With 2020 firmly in the rearview mirror, I look ahead to 2021 with clear eyes and great optimism. Last year we learned much about the needs of young children and families in Orange County. We learned where we could step up and do more. Most...

The County of Orange has released the 26th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County. The report studies four interdependent focus areas: Good Health, Economic Well-Being, Educational Achievement and Safe Homes and Communities, with data to assess...

After the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved an additional $5.1 million in emergency CARES Act funds to child care providers, First 5 Orange County assisted in the distribution of the funding. First 5 Orange County Commissioner and County Supervisor Doug...

As an integral partner in the distribution of emergency County of Orange CARES Act funding to child care providers, First 5 Orange County was featured in several outlets detailing the news. Among them: The Orange County Register had an article in both the newspaper...

In The Orange County Register's article on the Orange County Board of Supervisors' approval of $5 million in CARES Act funding to child-care providers, First 5 Orange County was featured for its role in the funding, its previous work supporting child-care providers...

The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 20 approved a $5 million emergency CARES Act grant to benefit licensed child-care providers in the county. First 5 Orange County is working with Charitable Ventures to administer an application process and to...

First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll was interviewed by KNX 1070 AM radio on Wednesday, Oct. 7 to discuss the Child Care Landscape Analysis report. Goll's sound bites were featured as part of two news reports detailing the report's findings: Clip 1 (Press the...

First 5 Orange County’s Child Care Landscape Analysis report was featured in an article in the Daily Pilot. The story quoted First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll and detailed how the organization went from connecting kindergarten readiness to realizing that...

First 5 Orange County's Child Care Landscape Analysis report was featured in an article in The Orange County Register detailing the findings. The story quoted First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll in detailing the lack of affordable and quality child care in...

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, First 5 Orange County released a report that revealed a harsh landscape for working parents trying to find quality and affordable child care, and child-care providers trying to survive and stay afloat. The dearth of child care is especially...