Child care has increasingly been in the spotlight as the pandemic forced to light massive flaws in the child care system in Orange County and nationwide. First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commissioner Susan McClintic speaks out about our child care system,...
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First 5 Orange County named in Orange County Register for OC Census work and diaper distributions
First 5 Orange County has been featured in an article in the Orange County Register for our work with the OC Census. Read more at the link. This past week, First 5 Orange County held diaper giveaways in the predominantly immigrant neighborhoods around the Delhi...
Childhood Obesity Prevention Virtual Conference Series to be held Aug. 26
Save the Date for the coming American Academy of Pediatrics - Orange County Chapter's Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Virtual Conference Series. The event will be held from 6:00 - 7:30 PM on August 26, 2020 via a Zoom Webinar. More information to come!
State of Babies Yearbook 2020 California: Using Data to Inform State Infant-Toddler Policies
The State of California's Babies 10 to 11:30 a.m. August 25, 2020 Please join First 5 partners Zero to Three, Early Childhood OC, and the First 5 Center for Children’s Policy for the State of Babies Yearbook 2020 California: Using Data to Inform State Infant-Toddler...
First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commission Meeting to be held via Zoom at 9 a.m. August 5, 2020
Join us at 9 a.m. August 5, 2020 as the First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commission meets via Zoom. The meeting will begin with a presentation by Pritzker Fellow Hoda Shawky on the capstone project for her Fellowship, the OC Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit....
First 5 Orange County CEO/President to Appear on Curt Pringle & Associates Webinar
First 5 Orange County CEO/President Kim Goll will join CHOC Children’s Chief Psychologist Heather Huszti and Curt Pringle of Curt Pringle & Associates for the weekly web series Thinking About Tomorrow Today. Goll and Huszti will discuss children’s mental health...
First 5 Orange County appoints new chair of the Children and Families Commission
Dr. Ramin Baschshi, President and CEO of UCP of Orange County, is new chair of the First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commission First 5 Orange County has appointed Dr. Ramin Baschshi as Chair of the Children and Families Commission. Dr. Baschshi will serve a...
Orange County Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit
First 5 Orange County and the Orange County Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Collaborative have released the OC Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit. A webinar celebrating the release was held on June 29, 2020. One in 5 mothers and 1 in 10 fathers in Orange County are...
OCDE Presents Webinar: It’s Time! How can Early Learning providers create a thorough plan to reopen?
The Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council and the Orange County Emergency Child Care Task Force Present: It’s Time! How can child care providers create a thorough re-opening plan? How can providers assure that children are in safe, healthy, and...
O.C. Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit Webinar
Please join First 5 Orange County and the Orange County Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Collaborative for the release of the Orange County Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit in an upcoming webinar. The event will be held online from 6 to 7 p.m. June 29, 2020. RSVP...