Providers and partners: We need your help! First 5 Orange County is partnering with the Medical-Legal Partnership Boston (MLPB) to explore how its programs and teams can strengthen families’ access to concrete supports – sometimes called “health-related social needs”...
First 5 Orange County thanks all those who helped make supply distributions possible to get needed supplies to more than 2,000 child care providers in Orange County. A big thanks goes out to the JPB Foundation and First 5 Association of California for donating...
The Children’s Home Society of California (CHS) is offering free personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies to child care providers. CHS is inviting Family Child Care Homes, Centers, and License-Exempt child care providers to pick up supplies at its Orange County...
Are you a parent or do you know a parent with experience with the various systems that serve children and families in Orange County? Help Me Grow is creating a Parent Advisory Committee, and is seeking parents to join the group, which will work to strengthen the...
First 5 Orange County President and CEO Kim Goll was recently a featured speaker in The Children’s Partnership’s webinar, “Beyond the Fussy Baby.” The webinar focused on better understanding early childhood mental health and Kim spoke about all the ways in which First...
Orange County United Way is working with First 5 Orange County to reach out to families, especially those with young children, and make them aware of tax credits that could help put money back into their pockets. For households earning less than $30,000 in 2020, the...
California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), part of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), has announced that Round 1 for the Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program is closed. With more than 300,000 applications...
Applications are now being accepted for funding from the state of California for small businesses and non-profits impacted by COVID-19, including $500 million in grants. The Orange County Department of Education is hosting two webinars to give information and help...
First 5 Orange County is excited to share four compelling videos created by colleagues in Florida and adapted for broader use by First 5 Orange County. The videos contain important information and messages on supporting pregnant and postpartum women with substance use...
The Orange County Association for the Education of Young Children, as a member of the OC Emergency Child Care Taskforce, is gathering data about licensed Orange County early childhood centers and family child care homes that are open, closed, or somewhere in-between....