Spotlight on Success: Toddle & Build Up SMC
Heather Hopkins didn’t set out to become a childcare provider. But when her daughter’s flexible care facility closed, the part-time working mom saw a gap
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Spotlight on Success: Healthy Homes & Family Partnership
Lexie Munevar met Henry* and his mother Celia* when they first came to a Parent-Child Activity Group she was running at the San Mateo Medical
Promoting Children’s Health through Collaborative Partnerships
It’s been over two months since federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expired. Without action by Congress to reauthorize CHIP funding soon, thousands
A Child is an Inspiration
First 5 San Mateo County is committed to the youngest children in San Mateo County. As a First 5 San Mateo County Commissioner, a pediatrician and a father, I am inspired by my patients and their parents—especially the ones aged zero to five.
The Importance of Early Childhood Developmental Screening
Did you know that young children adapt how they play, learn, speak, act, and move as they grow? Doctors and other childcare experts measure this
The Fight to End the Childcare Shortage in San Mateo County
Getting to work on time in the morning is a magic trick in and of itself. For those who are able to accomplish this along