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Understanding Care in Los Angeles

Learn about the early care and education landscape in LA.

Finding Care

Explore tools and guidance to help you find the right child care for your family.

Paying for Care

Discover financial assistance, subsidies, and tax benefits that can help make child care more affordable.

Family Wellness

Access resources that support the health, development, and well-being of your whole family.

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Teen Parents

Learn more about programs designed to support pregnant and parenting teens.

Early Intervention

Explore early intervention services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities.

Upcoming Opportunities!

Explore some of the opportunities available in your community for you and your family. 

Explore Sports Programming for Children and Youth

Play LA

The LA City Department of Recreation and Parks’s PlayLA Youth and Adaptive Youth Sports program offers low cost sports programming for children and youth of all abilities. Explore PlayLA sports leagues, clinics, and camps for individuals ages 3-17 on the Recreation and Parks website, or go to https://www.laparks.org/ and download the LA Parks app.

Find Kids Programs In Your Area

Earn Learn Play

Brought to you by the Youth Development Department, Earn Learn Play is an interactive website where users can search for activities, services, and opportunities available in the City of Los Angeles for youths, including children ages 0-5. To use the website, type in a location on the map or use the menus to filter by fields like age and cost. Many programs are free.

Visit the Earn Learn Play website to explore available programming and find frequently asked questions here.

Get Free Parenting Tips Sent to Your Phone with Stronger Starts

F5CA Cell-Ed Poster

In partnership with First 5 California, Cell-Ed has launched a learning tool offering free parenting courses, micro-lessons, and coaching for parents and caregivers. No smartphone or internet is required for access.

Stronger Starts is available for Spanish and English speakers and English Language Learners. Topics include parenting tools, strengthening bonds with your child, keeping calm in challenging situations, and building a strong community.

To learn more and join the program, visit First 5 California or follow these instructions (also right).

Support Your Dual Language Learner through Free QSLA Resources

Two Languages - Twice the Opportunities

First 5 LA and Quality Start Los Angeles (QSLA) have launched “Two Languages, Twice The Opportunities,” a campaign to increase awareness about the importance of multilingualism in children.

Helping your little one learn their home language supports greater awareness of their culture, creates more meaningful connections with friends and family, and helps them enter kindergarten ready to succeed. Being multilingual can lead to improved academic and social emotional abilities, more career opportunities, and better financial outcomes in your child’s life.

Find family resources, including an informational brochure, for your dual language learner on the QSLA website. Language-specific resources and supports are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Armenian, Khmer, and Korean.

Raise Your Voice with the Early Edge Parent Advisory Group

Early Edge Parent Advisory

Early Edge CA is looking for new members for its Parent Advisory Group, where English- and Spanish-speaking parents throughout California provide their perspectives on local and state policies that affect California families. Participants will receive a $50 gift card each time they take part in the 90-minute virtual/in-person meetings.

Consider joining the Parent Advisory Group if you are:

  • A California-based parent of a child or children ages birth to 5
  • A Los Angeles-based parent of an infant and/or toddler
  • A parent of a young child ages birth to 5 who is also a community college or university student

To submit your interest, complete this form and a staff member will contact you. For more information, see the flyer or email info@earlyedgecalifornia.org.

Get Free Virtual Behavioral Health Services Today!

Happy African American Mother and Daughter with Laptop

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has launched the Behavioral Health Virtual Services Platform, which offers free web- and app-based behavioral health services, including care navigation, moderated peer communities, and crisis and safety resources. The platform has two web- and app-based applications: Brightlife Kids, for parents or caregivers of children ages 0-12, and Soluna, for teens and young adults ages 13-25.

Brightlife Kids offers behavioral health coaching for parents, caregivers, and kids. Learn how to build non-verbal communication skills, navigate milestones, teach toddlers how to share, manage separation anxiety, and more.

Services are cost-free and do not require insurance or referrals. To learn more and download the app, visit CalHOPE.