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
Posts in category: Childcare and Education
OpEd: We need to address child care shortages now
Our Executive Director here at First 5 San Mateo County, Kitty Lopez, shared her view on the current child care shortage, and how we will
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
5 Things We Love About Child Care
Child care is not just a necessity for working parents; it plays a vital role in our society as the backbone of our economy, enabling
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
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
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
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.
I Screen, You Screen: Getting to know your child through screening tools
When you’re a parent, you may not know what you don’t know. Children are complicated! If you feel like you have questions about your child’s
Making sure the kids are all right: Overcoming relationship trauma
Safe, healthy parents are imperative to raising safe, healthy children. CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse) is San Mateo County’s only provider of comprehensive intimate partner