
GOAL 1
Our region must continue to make progress in ensuring that L.A. County’s youth and adults are educated, prepared, and trained for the highly technical, knowledge-based careers of the future.

Build human development support infrastructure to focus on the “whole” child
Conduct landscape and gap analyses to better understand, coordinate and scale existing early childhood programs, and fill resource gaps along the prenatal-through-career continuum
Cal State Northridge
Increase system-wide alignment across early childhood, preK-12, family and community engagement organizations, and governmental agencies, to collaborate on all dimensions of human development: physical and mental health; cognitive development; and social and emotional skills
Cal State Northridge
First 5 LA
- Home Visiting Program: LA County Perinatal and Early Childhood Home Visiting Consortium
- Development screening and connection to services: Help Me Grow
- Data partnership: Children’s Data Network
Establish a strong foundation for future learning and success by improving access to quality early childhood programs and family engagement in each child’s development
Advocate for greater access to affordable child care, high-quality early childhood development, and learning / preschool programs with trained practitioners
First 5 LA
- Early Childhood Education Policy Advocacy
- Policy Advocacy Fund
- Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
- Quality Rating & Improvement Systems – planning and site improvement
Educate expectant mothers and fathers about the importance of prenatal care, developmental screenings and play-based learning, and educate families about available resources
First 5 LA
- Home visiting: Welcome Baby and select home visiting programs
- Family engagement: Abriendo Puertas, Project Dulce
- Development screening and connection to services: Help Me Grow
Integrate data systems and technology across agencies to improve education and career training outcomes
Introduce new accountability systems to measure program and education effectiveness including child and student learning and development so that we better understand where service providers and schools are struggling, and how to help them continuously improve
First 5 LA
- Early Childhood Education Policy Advocacy
- Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
- Quality Rating & Improvement Systems – planning and site improvement
Integrate up-to-date labor market and occupational data across the workforce systems in developing and resourcing job training programs
First 5 LA
- Early Childhood Education Professional Development
- Workforce Registry
- Credential advocacy