When First 5 Orange County received an over-400 car seat donation from Baby2Baby, we knew we needed safe and reliable storage that we don’t have at our office. We reached out to one of our out-of-the-box...
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Engaged Neighborhood Spotlight: Network Anaheim: Learn Well
Network Anaheim: Learn Well envisions an Anaheim where children and youth are ready to learn, succeed in school, and are college and career ready. Established in 2014, Network Anaheim: Learn Well was First 5 Orange County’s second Engaged Neighborhood. Learn Well...
Engaged Neighborhood Spotlight: Growing Up Garden Grove
Growing Up Garden Grove's vision is to educate families and community partners about the importance of early childhood, encourage early learning advocacy, and empower adults with the tools they need so that all of Garden Grove's children have an equitable start in...
First 5 Orange County releases Request for Qualifications for Consultant Services
First 5 Orange County is seeking qualified individuals and/or firms with demonstrated leadership and experience for project management, evaluation, operational support, and on-call special project services in the following areas: Early and Ongoing Health and...
Funding opportunity for Black Infant Health program
First 5 Orange County will be selecting one or more agencies to implement a Black Infant Health (BIH) program. We are seeking organizations that have the values, experience, and infrastructure to implement the BIH program in Orange County. Download the RFP as a Word...
Funding opportunity for Black Infant Health program
Within the next week, First 5 Orange County will release a funding opportunity to select one or more agencies to implement a Black Infant Health (BIH) program. We will be seeking organizations that have the values, experience, and infrastructure to implement the BIH...
Preschool, TK or child care? Guide assists families in choices they have
First 5 Orange County understands that finding quality child care can be difficult for working families. So to help, we created a helpful guide on some places to turn when it comes to finding child care, preschool or transitional kindergarten (TK) options for your...
Pretend City Children’s Museum offers free admission for First 5 Orange County Kid Builders event
First 5 Orange County and Pretend City Children’s Museum, with the financial support of presenting sponsor PNC Bank, are kicking off the new year with a day of free admission during the first-ever Kid Builders event at the Irvine museum. Families with young children...
A letter from First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll
As we usher in the New Year, I want to convey my gratitude to the people and partners whose passion and dedication for young children made the successes of 2023 possible. Thank you! Looking ahead to 2024, our focus remains steadfast on improving outcomes for children...
Orange County in-home licensed child care cohort for future child care providers begins January 17
First 5 OC and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) are launching the third cohort of business development trainings for future family child care providers. Please see the attached flyer for details and registration information. First 5 OC y el Centro de...