First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll was interviewed on KNX 1070 AM to discuss Congress' recent proposal for taxpayer-funded universal child care. An excerpt from the interview: "Lots of people would say, 'We already have subsidies in place to help families...
First 5 Orange County is pleased to partner with the Orange County Business Council, CalOptima, Orange County United Way and OC Community Foundation to unveil the Orange County Community Indicators Report for 2021-22, which highlights areas where the county is...
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”...
The Orange County Business Council is holding a virtual event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 to discuss the details of this year's Orange County Community Indicators Report, which tracks the region's health, prosperity, and where the county is performing and...
For September, we're focusing our social media efforts on Parental Resilience, one of the five Protective Factors which are research-informed approaches to increase family strengths, enhance child development and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect....
Lucy Dunn, a champion for local business as the CEO and president of Orange County Business Council, wrote an op-ed in the Orange County Business Journal titled, "We Ignore Orange County's Child Care Crisis at Our Collective Peril." Dunn heavily relied on statistics...
First 5 Orange County and President/CEO Kim Goll were highlighted in Fast Company magazine's cover story profile of U.S. Representative Katie Porter. Porter was on a webinar featuring First 5 Orange County and Goll in which the child care crisis in the county was...
First 5 Orange County’s Child Care Landscape Analysis report was featured in an article in the Epoch Times about providing funding to child care providers. The story mentioned the First 5 Orange County's Orange County Child Care Landscape Analysis Phase I Report of...
SANTA ANA, Calif. – August 4, 2021 – First 5 Orange County is excited to announce the launch of its new and improved website and introductory video at first5oc.org. The redesign is intended to better showcase First 5 Orange County’s work toward our vision that all...
First 5 Orange County visited with Assemblyman Steven Choi at Orange Unified School District’s Child Development Center on July 29 to discuss the importance of quality child care and the impact the child care crisis has had on Orange County’s economy. Here's a video...