A father at a play group came to me after a music session and said he had waited for months for his son to show…

Earlier this month, First 5 Humboldt Executive Director, Mary Ann Hansen, spoke before the Assembly Budget Subcommittees 1 & 2, and the Select Committee on…

McKinleyville Family Resource Center staff and Stepping Stone Diversity Consultanting partner, Aristea Saulsbury wrote and are now implementing a First 5 ACES funded grand to…

Many of First 5 Humboldt's staff attended the virtual 2022 Annual HOPE Summit on March 8, 2022.  Workshops were offered by a wide range of…

First 5 Humboldt sponsored online music classes for much of the first year of Covid. In July 2021, we had an outdoor music session with…

What is Resilience? "Resilience, simply defined, means the ability to recover from difficult life experiences, and often to be strengthened by and even transformed by…

Helping Hands Grant Childcare Provider Testimonial "When I applied for and received a Helping Hands grant with First 5 Humboldt, it provided me with an…

The experiences that a child has in their first five years of life are pivotal for lifelong health and wellbeing. The science clearly shows that…

A Family Childcare Owner and teacher reports, "The First 5 Humboldt programs have helped me develop as a family childcare owner and teacher; in particular,…