Annual Report highlights successes and partnerships
Please join us in celebrating our collective work accomplished over the past 25 years. From the start, First 5 has stood as a powerful reflection of California voters’ values. The passage of Proposition 10 in 1998 was a transformative moment, enabling California to fund early childhood programming in each county, weaving together our societal commitment to a child’s…


Please join us in celebrating our collective work accomplished over the past 25 years.
From the start, First 5 has stood as a powerful reflection of California voters’ values. The passage of Proposition 10 in 1998 was a transformative moment, enabling California to fund early childhood programming in each county, weaving together our societal commitment to a child’s first 5 years of life.
As we reflect and honor the effort, I want to express my gratitude on behalf of First 5 for the many partnerships that supported creating an ever more coordinated early childhood system. Your collaboration, with amazing First 5 colleagues and Commissioners, has been instrumental in advancing a shared vision of collective well-being where all communities thrive, and families and children can live their best lives.
Thanks to voter-led initiatives like the Children’s Health & Child Care Initiative for Alameda County (Measure C) and the Oakland Children’s Initiative, we can build upon the promise made a quarter of a century ago and continue investing in child care and the evolution of our early childhood system. This new funding represents more hope and the potential for generational impact, underscoring Alameda County’s commitment to redefining what it means to be the most family-friendly county in California.
Looking ahead, we are excited to continue deepening this work—strengthening community-rooted support in classrooms, clinics, and beyond. This is achieved through deep partnership with parents and providers to interpret community data, inform investments, shape program design, evolve our local public infrastructure in response to family need, and guide policy advocacy.
Thank you for being a part of the past 25 years, and I look forward to celebrating the impact of our work in the years ahead.
In Community,

