The Orange County Family, Infant, and Early Childhood Mental Health (FIECMH) Initiative focuses on infants and children (and their caregivers) because the roots of lifelong mental health—and health and well-being more broadly—start even before a child is born. For children and families to be as healthy and well as possible, emphasizing early, proactive, and protective support is key.
Over two years of listening, planning, and building together, the OC community developed the Roadmap for FIECMH in Orange County, a plan for supporting the mental health of every family with a young child—from before birth through age 8.
For a quick introduction, start with the Vision Statement and the Executive Summary.
If you’d like to get involved, here are some ways you can help support this work:
In this first issue of the FIECMH Initiative Update, you’ll find highlights from our community update meeting on November 20 as well as a preview of what’s to come in 2025. This newsletter is your source for what’s coming, what’s happening, and what progress the initiative has made so far. It’s also a way to be connected and tell us what’s on your mind—we want to hear from you!