The Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative (SAELI) is the largest and longest-running Engaged Neighborhood. The group formed after First 5 OC put out a call for projects to promote early childhood that First 5 could support by providing initial seed money. Armed with...
First 5 Orange County recently renewed our support for the Engaged Neighborhood Initiative. This initiative empowers families and neighborhoods to advocate for their young children while connecting families to the early health and development systems, and the systems...
Join Supervisor Sarmiento and First 5 Orange County for a Kid Builder Community Resource Fair on Saturday, September 9 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary School, 13221 Lilly Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843. The Orange County Conditions of Children...
The deadline to apply for First 5 Orange County's Consulting Services: Family, Infant, and Early Childhood Mental Health Request for Proposal (RFP) is September 7, 2023. First 5 Orange County is requesting submittal of proposals from individuals or organizations to...
Are you a child care Executive Director, Program Director, Family Child Care Home Owner, or Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Provider? If so, the state of California would like your input! California is changing how it pays for child care! Building on the 2022...
Join us at 9 a.m. Wednesday, August 2, 2023, as First 5 Orange County meets in person. The meeting will be held at Orange County Transportation Authority Conference Center, 550 South Main Street, Orange, CA. Members of the public can listen to live audio streaming of...
The Office of the California Surgeon General has released a free, online professional learning module designed to help early care and education personnel respond to trauma and stress in children. The training has two goals: Provide greater awareness of the impact of...
The free Orange County Licensed In-Home Childcare Program will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays from July 19 to September 6. Are you looking to start your own in-home child care business? Whether you already have an unlicensed child care business or...
¡California cambia la manera de pagar el cuidado infantil! California establecerá tasas de pago de subsidios de cuidado infantil informadas por el costo del cuidado, y se alejará de las tasas del mercado. Basado en el Estudio del costo de la calidad completado el año...
California is changing how it pays for child care! California will soon be setting child care subsidy payment rates informed by the cost of care – rather than market rates. Building on the Cost of Quality Study completed last year, the California Department of Social...