Explore our programs and parent resource library:

Help Me Grow

  • Free and confidential support in early childhood development
  • Early identification of developmental concerns
  • Help for families who need access to resources

Father Corps

  • Dad-scussions virtual series
  • Healthy Relationship Learning Community
  • The Fatherhood Resource Directory
  • Father Friendly Principles

Family Resource Centers

  • Family leadership opportunities and civic engagement
  • Coordination, navigation, and location of programs and services
  • Early child school programs and services

Project DULCE

  • Home visits
  • Legal consultation
  • Resources that support healthy child development

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First 5 Community Programs

We’re dedicated to building a comprehensive and coordinated early childhood system—and that includes offering community programs designed to help every child get a strong start in life. Browse our range of child-, caregiver-, and provider-focused programs.

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Guía de Recursos de El Timpano

¿Busca recursos y servicios en español en el Área de la Bahía? En esta guía encontrará información confiable y actualizada sobre organizaciones locales que brindan apoyo a inmigrantes. El Tímpano—Spanish for “eardrum”—informs, engages, and amplifies the voices of the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.

Guía de Recursos

The Children’s Health & Child Care Initiative for Alameda County (Measure C)

This countywide sales tax measure was passed by voters in March 2020 and names First 5 Alameda County as the administrator of the child care, preschool, and early education account (80% of total revenues). Measure C was upheld by the courts in April 2024 and is expected to raise approximately $150M annually for early care…

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Help Me Grow developmental screening

Help Me Grow is a free service for families to support their children’s development, learning, and behavior, ages birth to five. We help families learn about their child’s development through a questionnaire called the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ). The ASQ is a great way to track your child’s development. You can learn about your…

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Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) opening list

The EPSDT 0-5 Early Childhood Mental Health Openings List provides information about openings at agencies throughout the county for mental health services for children 0-5 that can be billed through EPSDT/Medi-Cal. Please note that many services are home-based. If a family would benefit from these services, please refer to one of the agencies accepting external…

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Jan 2, 2025

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…

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Jan 2, 2025

Staff participate in the development of the 2025 Policy Agenda

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Jan 2, 2025

Strengthening system partnerships through collaborative investments in diaper distribution program

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