Keeping families strong and able to care for their children is essential. When high-quality support systems are in place, children can flourish. We can and must begin to disrupt disparities in the child welfare system that are caused by and...
Child care and early childhood education systems must serve and meet the diverse needs of all families When families do not have access to child care, women leave their careers to care for their children. The forced exit from the workforce is...
Today marks the first anniversary of shelter in place. Over the past year, COVID-19 and the resulting shelter-in-place mandate have caused momentous and unprecedented challenges for San Francisco’s families. Throughout the pandemic, First 5...
Family resource centers are designed to break isolation, provide safe spaces, and help families seeking connection to succeed. When San Francisco’s Human Services Agency (HSA) needed to distribute Give2SF disaster relief funds to support SF...
Per the legislative mandate of the Office of Racial Equity, each City department is required to complete a Racial Equity Action Plan providing a blueprint for advancing racial equity in all aspects of the department’s work over the next three...
First 5 San Francisco is releasing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to establish a pre-qualified list for Training, Technical Assistance, and Rating Services for San Francisco’s Early Childhood Quality Improvement System. The purpose of this...
First 5 San Francisco is releasing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to secure a Programmatic Fiscal Services Agent for San Francisco’s early childhood quality improvement system. San Francisco County has more than a decade of investing in...
C and D both lost their restaurant jobs when the mandatory shelter in place orders began in March. Living entirely on their savings and stimulus check, they’ve struggled to have enough money for food for their seven-year-old son. No child should...
This commentary was submitted by volunteer contributor Lisa Lee, Senior Program Officer, First 5 San Francisco. Just 10 Things As child care programs try to reopen, our city’s early educators need our gratitude and support. Teachers have worked...
