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...
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is seeking candidates to serve on the First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commission for the 2021-2023 term. Three Commission positions are open: two in the education category and one in the health category. Commissioners...
“We won’t really ever fully understand.” First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll was featured in a story in The Orange County Register detailing how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the child care industry in Orange County and left parents and providers...
Join us at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, as the First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commission meets via Zoom. The April agenda promises to be a fast-paced meeting, chock-full of information. On the agenda are highlights from the Dental Transformation...
First 5 Orange County President/CEO Kim Goll was quoted in an Orange County Register article titled, "Parents may be in for a rude awakening as they start to return to work and seek child care." The article details the difficulties parents and caregivers are having...
Please join First 5 Orange County Commissioner and Vice Chairman and Fourth District Supervisor Doug Chaffee and the Orange County Children's Partnership for a forum on the 26th annual report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County. The forum will include a...
Please save the date for a March 16, 2021 community forum discussing the 26th annual report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County — specifically, the health and emotional well-being of Orange County's children and youth. A Pandemic Generation – What are Kids...
Early in the pandemic, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley was the only Boys & Girls Club between Long Beach and the U.S.-Mexico border that was open, said CEO Tanya Hoxsie. They mostly were serving children of medical workers from nearby Hoag Hospital and Memorial Care. “It was tough, but we knew we needed to stay open,” Hoxsie said. The school age clubs and preschools both received CARES Act funding approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to help stay afloat during the pandemic. “Funding is always important for nonprofits but in 2020 it became critical for our survival,” Hoxsie said. “We were fighting to survive.”
It’s Read Across America Day! In the spirit of the day, we captured First 5 Orange County Commissioners Debra Baetz and Jackie Filbeck, plus a parent, Nancy Vasquez, reading one of their favorite early literacy books. Why is early literacy so important to First 5...