September 2023 Newsletter: Stories And The Power of Telling Them
Read our newsletter to discover how storytelling is essential to First 5 San Mateo County’s work, Bilingual learning communities for parents, how we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, and the upcoming planning for San Mateo County’s universal pre-kindergarten resources.
5 Reasons Why Sharing Stories Is Vital for Early Childhood Care Advocacy
Joan Didion, a famous author from California, once said, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Stories are the first type of parenting support that ever existed. The stories that have been shared are a key way to create community between generations of families and children. For the well-being and development of young children, […]
June 2023 Newsletter: Investing in Infant Mental Health Starting from Home
Read our newsletter to discover how First 5 San Mateo County is investing in infant mental health to provide families with free resources and support programs, how we’ve celebrated pride, 5 things that we LOVE about child care, and upcoming opportunities.
San Mateo is Unwavering in its Support of Abortion and Reproductive Freedom
Families, and especially women, must have the protected right and ability to create families if and when they are willing and able. Ensuring that every child can thrive means ensuring that mothers have the support, agency, and enthusiasm required to provide for their children. The whole-child approach begins by supporting mothers and female-bodied people in […]
First 5 San Mateo County Stands for the End to Gun Violence
Our vision of success for every child means that children should have the opportunity to grow up with security, safety, stability, and respect from the first days of their lives. Creating success for every child is about constructing a nurturing and limitless future that we hope to leave the next generation. We want our children […]
Newsletter: The Next Decade of Thriving Families
Read about the 2022 Child Care Needs Assessment, share stories about what child care means to you, hear from Family Connections’s Eric Valladares about why he chose to vaccinate his children, register for a webinar about children and gender identity, and while you’re at it, sing the Dragon Song. All this and more in our […]
JOIN US for Breakfast! Thriving Families Symposium: The Next Decade
The San Mateo County Child Care Needs Assessment found a critical child care shortage in San Mateo County with serious implications for our community. We ask you to partner with us to identify community solutions to ensure our communities have equitable access to high quality, affordable childcare. To turn data into action we need your […]
Director of Family Connections, Eric Valladares on Why He Vaccinated His Kids
When so much in the world is uncertain, parents do everything they can to protect their kids from the unknown, and the COVID-19 Pandemic has certainly been unknown. Now, children over 6 months old are encouraged to get vaccinated. This is the best way to ensure that kids are safe from the virus and can […]
How to Support the Next Decade of Thriving Families: Everything We Learned from the Child Care Needs Assessment
The Child Care Needs Assessment was launched by the San Mateo County Child Care Partnership Council, San Mateo County Office of Education, San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools, and First 5 San Mateo County and Silicon Valley Community Foundation to find out how well San Mateo County is meeting families’ child care needs. What we […]
Applauding the 2023–24 Budget Proposal
First 5 San Mateo County, along with the First 5 Association of California, is applauding Governor Newsom’s proposed 2023-24 budget plan, which was released Tuesday. The budget continues to demonstrate a commitment to provide for the needs of young children and their families and build toward an improved early childhood system. This includes a focus […]
