Join Best Start Broadway-Manchester tomorrow for a Play Day in the Park! There will be fun activities for children and parents including a bicycle blender, face painting, musical chairs and more! This event will take place at the 97th Street Pocket Park at 554 W. 97th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90044 from 10:30am to 1:30pm. [...]

Please join Best Start Watts-Willowbrook for a Community Walk and Resource Fair on Saturday, May 18, 2013! The walk begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee located at 10950 S. Central Avenue in Los Angeles.  Join us for a tour of community resources along Central Ave and over to Compton Ave, [...]

On April 3, 2013 the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners held a Special Commission Meeting to discuss monthly goals and outcomes for Best Start. Click the link below for a summary of the discussion. Meeting Notes (English) Meeting Notes (Spanish) Meetings Notes (Mandarin) Meeting Notes (Khmer)

On March 14, 2013 the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners held a Regular Commission Meeting. Among the topics presented were options for interim funding of Best Start and recommendations for other First 5 LA investments that currently serve families in Best Start communities whose contracts are ending. Click the link below for a summary [...]

On March 4, 2013 the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners had the first Special Commission Meeting to discuss the goals, outcomes and measurements for Best Start. Click the link below for a summary of the discussion. Meeting Notes (English) Meeting Notes (Spanish) Meetings Notes (Mandarin) Meeting Notes (Khmer)

Attached is a letter from First 5 LA Executive Director Kim Belshé to members of the Best Start Communities with updates and important information related to Best Start. The letter has the following highlights: An overview of the presentation on Best Start Communities given by First 5 LA staff at the last Commission meeting on [...]

Days before they were supposed to volunteer at a workshop on healthy eating, a group of Metro Los Angeles mothers discovered that the main speaker in their group couldn’t make it. Faced with a long list of attendees and a short amount of time to find another speaker, they decided to put on the presentation [...]

First 5 LA’s new Executive Director, Kim Belshé, recently wrote a letter to all Best Start Communities introducing herself and explaining her Listening Learning and Leading initiative, a way to help her learn about First 5 LA, our programs and efforts, including Best Start. Community members submitted questions in response to the letter, which have [...]

In early November, First 5 LA welcomed new Executive Director Kim Belshé to lead the organization and our many programs and projects. She is a veteran public administrator and a nationally-recognized policy expert. Her credentials include serving as the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency from 2003 to 2011, and serving on [...]

A highly respected Best Start Metro LA community leader recently received the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders Award for his tireless work to ensure safe working conditions and access to health care for immigrant workers. Marlom Portillo was one of 10 recipients to receive the 2012 award at a ceremony in San Antonio on [...]