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First 5 at a Glance
First 5 Ventura County envisions a future where all children 0-5 thrive in healthy and supportive communities. We work with communities to fund early learning experiences and health and family services that develop the full potential of children 0-5 and their families.
Our Mission and Vision
First 5 Ventura County envisions a future where all Ventura County children thrive in healthy supported environments with loving and nurturing caregivers in the home and throughout the community. This future embraces the value of active partnerships between families, service providers, civic leaders, local business and the community at-large. It honors and respects the diversity of our community and prioritizes the need to ensure optimal health and development for young children and their families.
Our mission is to create and maintain a community-wide effort that provides access to comprehensive, culturally competent, integrated and high quality prenatal and early childhood development services; enhances the potential for young children to enter kindergarten ready to learn and to engage in life-long learning; and supports the continuous improvement of environments critical to the health and well-being of children, from birth to five years of age and their families in Ventura County.
First 5: Important Role in RTT Win
First 5 commissions played a important role in the success of California's federal Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge--a highly compe
November is Early Literacy Month!
During November, First 5 Ventura County and its community partners will lead an early literacy campaign that reminds us to read early, aloud and often to the children in our lives.
Together Let's Support Local Needs
Ventura County Together’s “Get Together & Give Together” challenge will allow Ventura County residents to double their giving power from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3 while they help provide food, shelter
All Cuts Budget Leaves F5VC in Limbo
The passage of the 2011/2012 State Budget appeared to give First 5 a break with a $1 billion fund shift removed from the final version. Unfortunately, however, that is not the case.
Business & Community Leaders Support Early Education Investments
First 5 is driven by the knowledge that high quality preschool programs provide young children with the social, emotional, and physical skills necessary to be successful upon entering
2010-2015 Strategic Plan
The F5VC Commission approved on September 16, 2010, its new five-year Strategic Plan which implements on July 1, 2011. The plan integrates several changes which are based on extensive community input, data findings and
F5VC, Business Leaders Join to Support Early Learning
Under the leadership of First 5 Ventura County, the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County, California State University Channel Islands, and the Limoneira Company, 20 business and community leaders joined
Children: The Economic Imperative
We know that the first five years impact a lifetime; it’s the foundation of our work at First 5. We want all children to have the best possible start in life--to meet their full potential.
Of Friends, Fans and Tweets
In an effort to build and support the extended First 5 Ventura County community, we are now connecting with parents, colleagues and children's advocates through several social media platforms.
Text4Baby Supports Healthy Pregnancies
First 5 Ventura County wants to encourage new and future parents to try out an innovative program that helps ensure an informed pregnancy and first year.